To test driverless deliveries from its warehouses, Ikea has partnered with Kodiak Robotics, a company working on self-driving technology for long-haul trucking. Every day since August of this year, an autonomous heavy-duty Kodiak truck has delivered furniture from an Ikea distribution center near Houston to a retail store near Dallas. While a backup driver is in charge of picking up the loaded trailer and supervising the delivery, the truck drives autonomously over long stretches of the highway during its 300-mile one-way journey.
