# Highway Autonomy Projects at AI Tinkerers

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Level 4 autonomous systems designed to pilot Class 8 trucks across interstate corridors without human intervention.

Highway autonomy is moving past testing into commercial deployment. Systems like the Aurora Driver use a sensor suite of long-range lidar (400-meter range) and high-resolution cameras to manage high-speed freight hauling. These platforms handle the 'middle mile' by navigating complex merges and variable weather at 65 mph. Companies like Gatik and Kodiak Robotics are already logging millions of miles on fixed routes (Texas I-45 corridor), proving that removing the driver on predictable stretches increases uptime to 20 hours per day and cuts fuel consumption by 10 percent.

- Official technology site: https://www.aurora.tech/aurora-driver
- Public AI Tinkerers demos and talks: 1
- Result page: 1 of 1

## Recent Public Talks and Demos

### [Turning your car into a real-world agent](https://seattle.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_5pqOqS1r2mw)

Co-pilot's a $400 device that adds highway autonomy (using openpilot squeezenet model right now) & other valuable apps (demo links below). It installs in any car on the road today & has 20 TOPS AI compute to test model & curate data like Teslas. https://youtu.be/cNM_lVNE_oo (Co-pilot driving me from Seattle to SF hands/feet-free) https://youtu.be/gxtIqNmpFek (24/7 security, engine check, mileage track, etc.)

- Event context: AI Tinkerers Seattle - July Meetup — 2023-07-27 — Seattle
- Public talk page: https://seattle.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_5pqOqS1r2mw

## Related Technologies

- [Co-pilot](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/co-pilot) ([Markdown](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/co-pilot.md)) — 2 public demos
- [openpilot](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/openpilot) ([Markdown](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/openpilot.md)) — 1 public demo
- [SqueezeNet](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/squeezenet) ([Markdown](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/squeezenet.md)) — 1 public demo