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Ford pilot uses self-driving shuttles to deliver food to Detroit seniors
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 3038" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.engadget.com/ford-self-driving-shuttle-pilot-142907017.html" target="_blank"><strong>Ford pilot uses self-driving shuttles to deliver food to Detroit seniors - Engadget</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Ford's <a href="https://www.engadget.com/ford-and-walmart-are-launching-autonomous-vehicle-deliveries-in-three-cities-110020455.html" target="_blank">autonomous delivery experiments</a> now include potentially vital services. The automaker is <a href="https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2021/12/14/ford-to-bring-10-000-pounds-of-fresh-food-to-southwest-detroit-r.html" target="_blank">launching</a> a six-month pilot project that will have self-driving shuttles bring fresh food to residents of a Detroit senior living center, the Rio Vista Detroit Co-Op Apartments, that might otherwise have challenges fetching groceries. The free-of-charge offering will have the "low-speed" vehicle drive a fixed route between a Ford facility and Rio Vista, with a safety driver and a remote team ready to take over if necessary.</p><p></p><p>Notably, the shuttle doesn't involve <a href="https://www.engadget.com/argo-ai-lidar-sensor-long-range-low-light-194234233.html" target="_blank">Ford's partner Argo</a> — this is a distinct effort between Ford's in-house autonomy team and the company's Quantum Signal AI subsidiary. The two have modified the shuttle to help with packing and unloading food, but it's otherwise a stock machine (as far as autonomous shuttles go, at least).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 3038, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.engadget.com/ford-self-driving-shuttle-pilot-142907017.html'][B]Ford pilot uses self-driving shuttles to deliver food to Detroit seniors - Engadget[/B][/URL] Ford's [URL='https://www.engadget.com/ford-and-walmart-are-launching-autonomous-vehicle-deliveries-in-three-cities-110020455.html']autonomous delivery experiments[/URL] now include potentially vital services. The automaker is [URL='https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2021/12/14/ford-to-bring-10-000-pounds-of-fresh-food-to-southwest-detroit-r.html']launching[/URL] a six-month pilot project that will have self-driving shuttles bring fresh food to residents of a Detroit senior living center, the Rio Vista Detroit Co-Op Apartments, that might otherwise have challenges fetching groceries. The free-of-charge offering will have the "low-speed" vehicle drive a fixed route between a Ford facility and Rio Vista, with a safety driver and a remote team ready to take over if necessary. Notably, the shuttle doesn't involve [URL='https://www.engadget.com/argo-ai-lidar-sensor-long-range-low-light-194234233.html']Ford's partner Argo[/URL] — this is a distinct effort between Ford's in-house autonomy team and the company's Quantum Signal AI subsidiary. The two have modified the shuttle to help with packing and unloading food, but it's otherwise a stock machine (as far as autonomous shuttles go, at least). [/QUOTE]
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