Chris Paxton's deep dive: self-driving trucks are quietly still chugging along
surmenok · x · 2026-09-13
Robotics researcher Chris Paxton published a blog post arguing that, contrary to today's pessimistic vibe on X, the self-driving truck sector is "still kind of chugging along."
The post surveys where the industry stands after the funding winter that killed players like Tupac and Embark: companies such as Aurora and Kodiak continue inching toward driver-out commercial operations. A useful first-hand counterpoint to the current "robotics winter" narrative.
Related event: Aurora hits 440k driverless miles as trucking revives(2 posts)→
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