The Army’s Self-Driving Trucks Hit the Highway to Prepare for Battle    

Shyne Earl

Period 3

Sep 12 ,2016

                    1.  phrase.1 In 10 to 15 years, Army engineers say, fully autonomous truck convoys will be ready to serve in conflict zones.

                            phrase 2 The US Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center is not the only big organization experimenting with autonomous trucks. 

                               2 . But for all their humdrum khaki looks, these were platooning, semi-autonomous army trucks, moving as one organism.

                                 3. Robo-trucks could hump supplies around bases, or resupply soldiers at far-flung outposts.

                                    4.It’ll have to navigate places where they can’t communicate with infrastructure, and where markings, signs, and pavement are out-of-date and poorly maintained. 

                                       5.It’s a big challenge, but a nice reminder that fancy engineers and computers support the troops, too.