Self-driving startup Aurora unveiled its second-generation hardware for autonomous trucks.
Aurora Driver 2 is more powerful, more compact, and cheaper than its predecessor.
The startup claims the sensor suite has been designed to last a million miles.
Aurora, the Pittsburgh-based startup working on transforming regular big rigs into autonomous trucks, has unveiled its second-generation hardware setup. The company boasts that Aurora Driver 2 can deliver one million miles of driverless freight transport thanks to the more robust sensors and tighter integrations, all while cutting hardware costs in half.
The biggest improvement compared to the first-generation product is the more advanced forward-facing Lidar sensor, which can now detect objects half a mile away on the highway in direct sunlight or during the night.
