Instead, the truck drives itself, and veteran driver Roger Nordqvist is at the ready only in case of unexpected problems. Swedish truck maker Scania is not the only auto manufacturer developing autonomous vehicles, but it recently became the first in Europe to pilot them while delivering commercial goods. "We take their goods from point A, drive them to point B, fully autonomously," Peter Hafmar, head of autonomous solutions at Scania, tells AFP outside the company's transport lab in Sodertalje, south of Stockholm. In the pilot project, the self-driving truck is manoeuvring a stretch of some 300 kilometres (186 miles) between Sodertalje and Jonkoping in Sweden's south, delivering fast-food goods. From the outside, the vehicle looks almost like any other lorry, save for a rail on the roof packed with cameras and two sensors resembling bug antennae on the sides.

Scania, the Swedish manufacturer of heavy lorries, trucks and buses, is testing L4 level self-driving trucks on the E4 motorway between Södertälje and Jönköping, in collaboration with San Diego-based company TuSimple. Participating truck provides actual commercial services to The Scania Transport Laboratory, loading materials required for production operations. The truck is controlled by the TuSimple's unmanned driving system, with a safety officer and test engineer onboard for monitoring. Scania has been testing self-driving trucks for mining transportation in Australia since 2017. TuSimple has also partnered with companies like Volkswagen and Navistar to test commercial vehicles.

The artificial intelligence in transportation market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 17.87% from 2017 to 2030, and the market size is expected to grow from USD 1.21 Billion in 2017 to USD 10.30 Billion by 2030. The increasing government regulations for vehicle safety, growing adoption of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and development of autonomous vehicles play a significant role in the growth of this market. Deep learning technology is estimated to be the largest and fastest growing segment of the artificial intelligence in transportation market, by machine learning technology. The deep learning technology is widely used in the development of autonomous vehicles, which need to see, think, drive, and learn. The last step is "learn," where deep learning will be critical for achieving fully autonomous vehicles.

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A fleet of autonomous trucks is joining all the self-driving taxis and buses Singapore is testing on its streets. Toyota and Volkswagen subsidiary Scania will begin the first full-scale autonomous truck platooning trial in the country this month. For the next three years, the two companies will operate a fleet of trucks composed of three autonomous vehicles following a manned one to transport cargo between ports. Singapore's authorities organized the project, because aside from its desire to become the world's first smart city, it's also seeking to optimize road capacity. It's a relatively tiny city-state, after all, and the number of vehicles on its roads keep on growing along with its population.