The difference between "in the sleeper cab" and "outside the truck" are huge. We first started doing in the sleeper cab in Jul'17, took us 2 years of dedication to get confidence to remove from vehicle.
To take the person out of the vehicle, the system itself needs to be able to self-monitor and pull itself over if it stops working. That's the big lift.
That's it. The team at Uber did that like a year or so later but with no public fanfare because it wasn't considered noteworthy. That still puts it at ~2 years prior to this accomplishment.
To take the person out of the vehicle, the system itself needs to be able to self-monitor and pull itself over if it stops working. That's the big lift.