There is a scene in Marvel’s Logan, where Wolverine drives his pick up across busy state highway with huge container trucks without cabins plying the same road. These huge container wheelers are autonomous and take to reach their as programmed and we are not too far from that reality.

Nvidia is working with Paccar an American truck company with brands like Leyland, DAF Peterbilt and Kenworth, on developing solutions for autonomous vehicles. This announcement comes after the recently concluded collaboration with Bosch on building AI for self-driving cars.

Both CEO from Paccar and Nvidia are exploring automated driving systems and artificial intelligence on vehicles. The truck company has developed a proof-of-concept self-driving truck with SAE Level 4 capability built on Nvidia Drive PX2 technology, trained on deep neural networks. Level 4 capability is defined as a system that drives itself.

During his keynote, Huang showcased a video of a PACCAR semi-tractor trailer driving on a closed-course, handling a wide range of situations without a driver behind the wheel. The solution will improve driver productivity, enhance transportation efficiency and increase safety.

The video noted the potential size of the market for self-driving trucks. There are currently 300 million trucks worldwide, driving over 1.2 trillion miles annually, moving millions of tonnes of goods. However before we see these unmanned moving machines on the roads sharing with us humans, there has to be unbreachable security software in place.