Kodiak Robotics has unveiled its fifth-generation autonomous truck hardware platform, featuring a more robust sensor array and increased GPU processing power. The platform has removed the roof-mounted "center pod" sensor suite and relocated the front-facing Luminar Iris LiDAR and wide field-of-view camera to each of Kodiak's proprietary mirror-mounted SensorPods. The move enables faster upfitting for customers, greater maintainability and serviceability, and better perception capability. The SensorPods are designed to place sensors at the same height as a driver, maximizing road safety and improving perception. The fifth-generation truck improves upon the sensor array announced as part of its prior-generation platform, increasing the total number of sensors on-board from 14 to 18. The new truck also includes the recently announced Ambarella CV2 perception system-on-chip (SoC) which handles all camera data processing. The hardware stack is designed for three activities: sensing, through its SensorPods; thinking, through its main compute; and acting, which is controlled through two onboard custom-designed safety computers, the Kodiak Actuation Control Engine, or ACE. The main connector for data and power in Kodiak's SensorPods and compute system is designed for use in aviation, aerospace and military applications. The platform has reduced the electrical power requirements while simultaneously improving the processing power of the system.
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