{"id":18215,"date":"2025-01-25T10:41:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T10:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/two-driverless-robotrucks-delivered-100-loads-for-permian-basin-frac-sand-operation\/"},"modified":"2025-01-25T10:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T10:41:14","slug":"two-driverless-robotrucks-delivered-100-loads-for-permian-basin-frac-sand-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/two-driverless-robotrucks-delivered-100-loads-for-permian-basin-frac-sand-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Two driverless ‘RoboTrucks’ delivered 100 loads for Permian Basin frac sand operation"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Driverless truck tech company Kodiak Robotics, Inc.<\/a> announced a major milestone for a partner company in the Permian Basin.<\/p>\n

According to a January 24 announcement from Kodiak<\/a>, Atlas Energy Solutions Inc.\u00a0completed delivery of 100 loads of proppant (a material used in fracking) with two \u201cRoboTrucks\u201d equipped with Kodiak\u2019s self-driving system in the Permian Basin, located in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis milestone marks the first time ever that a customer has taken ownership of a RoboTruck and launched driverless commercial semi-trucking operations,\u201d Kodiak stated. \u201cThis sets Kodiak apart as the first company in the autonomous trucking industry to launch commercial driverless trucking operations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an incredible moment, for us and for the autonomous trucking industry as we have officially delivered a commercial RoboTruck to a customer and launched commercial operations,\u201d said Don Burnette, Founder and CEO, Kodiak. \u201cThe commercialization of autonomous trucks has been a goal for the industry for many years, and it has now come to fruition. Kodiak is the first company to make autonomous trucking a real business, and this is a major step towards profitability for our company.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIncorporating these driverless RoboTrucks into our operations is a significant advancement in the automation of our business, enhancing our ability to maintain a fundamentally safe and reliable service at the best price for our customers,\u201d said John Turner, CEO, Atlas. \u201cBecoming the first company to operate our own autonomous semi-trucks and reaching 100 successful autonomous proppant deliveries demonstrates our unique commitment to driving innovation and automation across the Permian Basin\u2019s rugged terrain, dust, and heat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Atlas intends to scale up use of RoboTrucks in its operations in 2025. Kodiak will open an office in Odessa, Texas, to support Atlas\u2019s increased deployment of driverless trucks.<\/p>\n

\u201cKodiak\u2019s launch of driverless trucking service coincides with Atlas\u2019s first deliveries of sand off of the Dune Express, a 42-mile long, fully-electric conveyor system that carries sand from Atlas\u2019s Kermit, Texas sand facility to an end-of-line loadout facility in eastern New Mexico. Atlas\u2019s Kodiak-driver equipped, autonomous RoboTrucks are expected to move sand from the Dune Express to Atlas\u2019s customers across the Delaware Basin. The Dune Express is part of Atlas\u2019s strategy to automate the entire logistics process for sand delivery to make it safer, more efficient, and more reliable. It also aims to eliminate millions of truck miles driven on public roads across the Permian, reducing traffic and improving safety,\u201d Kodiak said.<\/p>\n

In July 2024, the companies announced<\/a> a successful 21 mile off-road delivery \u201cof Atlas\u2019s high-quality frac sand from an Atlas depot to a wellsite with no one inside the cab.\u201d<\/p>\n

Check out the video below for more on the partnership between Atlas and Kodiak.<\/p>\n


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