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Volvo demos FMX autonomous truck in a dark mine by placing CTO in its path
The safety debate over autonomous truck driving just got a lot more interesting thanks to a new video from Volvo which shows one of the company’s top executives daring to stand in the path of one its autonomous FMX truck.  During the roughly two-minute long video, the FMX cab-over concept truck is shown traversing […]
September 12, 2016
Construction Equipment
Volvo says its self-driving prototype FMX can safely navigate mines
Though in development for some time, Volvo recently decided to give us all a peek behind its R&D curtain, sharing details on an autonomous truck the company is testing for use in the mining industry. The company says this self-driving truck, an FMX model based on the picture the company has shared, is capable of navigating fixed […]
May 16, 2016
Construction Equipment
Volvo lets 4-year-old drive RC dump truck, absolute chaos ensues
To prove the toughness of its FMX line of vocational trucks, Volvo recently filmed an ad starring a 4-year-old girl named Sophie at the controls of a dump truck. Remote controls, that is. Things start out smooth enough for Sophie, but quickly turn chaotic as the truck veers through a water pit before careening over […]
December 8, 2015
Construction Equipment
Volvo engineer risks his own head in testing truck’s ground clearance
Volvo is really on a roll recently with its new series of viral ads for its FMX truck. Last week we showed you a pretty complex stunt in which a a hamster drives the FMX up a quarry to show off the truck’s steering. But this week have a very simple one meant to show […]
September 23, 2013
Construction Equipment
Hamster drives a Volvo FMX dump truck up the side of a quarry
Wanting to demonstrate the ease in steering its latest FMX dump truck, Volvo Trucks decided to set up a funny stunt with serious consequences. So they strapped a hamster wheel to the steering wheel of one of these trucks and, with the aid of a carrot and Volvo Dynamic Steering technology, brought in a precision […]
September 17, 2013
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