Kodiak AI · self-driving truck
Kodiak RoboTruck
Kodiak Driver
Heavy trucks fitted with Kodiak's modular sensor pods and driving software. Most driverless units haul frac sand on private lease roads in the Permian Basin for Atlas Energy Solutions, which owns the trucks.
- Price
- —service only, not sold
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- In serviceSince 2024-07
- Fleet
- 35Reported; details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Kodiak says it was the first to put customer-owned driverless semi trucks into commercial service, after a first driverless frac-sand delivery for Atlas in July 2024.
Real-world use
Atlas ran 28 driverless trucks on 15 routes by 31 March 2026, moving about 7,000 loads and over 450,000 tons of sand; the partners plan 100 trucks by mid-2027 and public-road runs from early 2027 (Atlas/Kodiak, July 2026).
Timeline
- Released
- 2024-12
Maker
Kodiak AICompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless in service
- Where it runs
- Permian Basin oilfield lease roads, Texas and New Mexico; supervised highway freight in Texas
- Driverless since
- 2024-07
- Fleet
- 35 customer-owned driverless trucks at 30 June 2026 (Kodiak Q2 2026 results)
- Rides, miles or loads
- Over 40,000 cumulative paid driverless hours through Q2 2026 (Kodiak); 176 Atlas loads in one day on 20 July 2026 (Atlas/Kodiak)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
Public attention
How much public attention Kodiak RoboTruck (Kodiak Driver) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- 1 reported deployment
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.
From the maker
Kodiak RoboTruck (Kodiak Driver) is the only vehicle from Kodiak AI (formerly Kodiak Robotics) in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedservice only, not sold
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Deployed
Atlas Energy Solutions (Kodiak AI) · Permian Basin lease roads (Atlas Dune Express load-outs in Texas and New Mexico) · Odessa · since 2024 · 28 units
Atlas Energy Solutions owns and runs Kodiak-powered driverless trucks hauling frac sand on Permian Basin lease roads from load-out sites in Texas and New Mexico. 28 driverless trucks at 31 Mar 2026; 100 planned by mid-2027 (Atlas, Jul 2026) Atlas Energy Solutions
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Kodiak RoboTruck (Kodiak Driver)Kodiak AI (formerly Kodiak Robotics) |  Volvo VNL Autonomous (Aurora Driver)Volvo Autonomous Solutions with Aurora InnovationSame jobs: freight, long-haul trucking · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Aurora Driver first-generation truck (PACCAR Peterbilt / Kenworth)Aurora Innovation with PACCARSame jobs: freight, long-haul trucking · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Bot Auto autonomous truck (retrofitted Freightliner)Bot AutoSame jobs: freight, long-haul trucking · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
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| First shown | 2024-07 | 2024-05 | 2025-05-01 | 2025-09 |
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Sources
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