Stefan Seltz-Axmacher created and ran Starsky Robotics, billed as the first venture to operate a truly driverless truck on a public highway. The company started in 2015 but closed its doors five years later, when, as he put it, the downpour of investor interest became a drizzle. He says investors were not prepared to fund the “last mile” of the project – honing and perfecting the artificial intelligence so that it performed flawlessly 100% of the time, a task that may have taken years. Will other AI-driven autonomous truck ventures run into similar problems perfecting their technology? Starsky Robotics The End of Starsky Robotics HDT Talks Trucking Self-driving Trucks: Savior or Scourge for Trucking? Follow HDT on social media: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn

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