Humble Robotics, a San Francisco start-up founded in April, has raised $51 million in a second funding round after $24 million in May, Der Standard reported.
Its Humble Hauler is a self-driving truck reduced to a container on wheels: with no driver in the concept, it drops the cab and sleeper berth entirely, saving weight and cost over a conventional tractor-trailer.
Level-4 sensor modules combine cameras, lidar and radar for 360-degree coverage, and a fully electric drivetrain gives up to 320 kilometres of range and a top speed of 90 km/h. The vehicle carries standard 40-foot containers or the 53-foot containers common in US freight.
Humble Robotics says its Humble Driver AI needs less training than conventional autonomy models, using simulated photorealistic scenarios plus real-world safety tests. It names transport within a freight centre or between a factory and a nearby warehouse as likely uses.
Founder and CEO Eyal Cohen previously worked on self-driving cars at Otto, which Uber bought in 2016, on self-driving construction vehicles at Pronto AI, and founded tractor-AI startup Spark AI, which John Deere acquired in 2023.
Background
Humble Robotics
Autonomous truck maker
A San Francisco startup that builds cabless, electric driverless trucks.
