• jj4211@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Sure, but here you basically have to have an autonomous pickup truck following you. The question is if you need something about the size of a pickup anyway, why not just drive the pickup?

    The diagram shows something impossible, a tiny little autonomous tow vehicle. The physics just don’t support it. Even a tractor is only acceptable for towing a big load by virtue of going at a relative snail’s pace. At speed the bigger mass will tend to dictate how the physics goes. So for decent payload, you’ll need basically a full on pickup truck.

    So the usage scenario is “I want to rent something almost exactly like a pickup truck, but am not willing to actually drive the pickup truck”.

    • SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev
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      18 days ago

      It would be more like a self powered converter dolly that is used in a B-train that has 3 drive axels. And you are correct it would weigh more than the lead vehicle.