Self-drivingDriverless heavy trucks
Kodiak Driver
by Kodiak AI (Kodiak Robotics)
Kodiak makes self-driving technology for heavy trucks. Some trucks using it already work with no one in the cab, and it is preparing driverless runs on long highway routes in Texas. Kodiak press release, 6 Oct 2026
- Evidence
- Company-reported only
- Human help
- None reported
- Last milestone
- 8 Oct 2026
01Can I get it?
Yes, in places
- Where it works today
- Driverless trucks with no one in the cab in commercial work in Texas; highway freight between Dallas and Laredo, and in California under a state DMV permit, with driverless highway runs planned from Dallas to Houston. Kodiak press release, 6 Oct 2026
- Published price
- No published price in our sources.
- Human help
- Kodiak says 35 trucks run with no one in the cab. Its long highway routes are not yet driverless; it plans to start that by the end of 2026. Kodiak press release, 6 Oct 2026
02Track record
What has actually happened
Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.
Paying customers · sets the stage
Kodiak press release, 6 Oct 2026Company-reported
03Promised vs delivered
What the maker said, and when
Dated targets the maker set in public, against what has happened since.
- Said6 Oct 2026
Driverless long-haul highway trucking by end of 2026
Kodiak said it expects to finish its safety case and start driverless long-haul trucking before the end of 2026. Kodiak press release, 6 Oct 2026
Still pending - Said29 Sept 2026
Driverless service for IKEA in 2026
Kodiak said it would launch a driverless service with IKEA in 2026. Kodiak news, 29 Sept 2026
Still pending
04Safety and incidents
What has gone wrong
No crashes, recalls or regulator reports in our sources. That is not proof none happened; we add them when a regulator or trusted outlet reports one.
On video
What it looks like, at stage 4
Videos from the maker show the robot at its best. The stage comes from the dated record above, not from what a video shows.
From Testing to Deployment: Meet Edward Cail, Senior Development Operations Manager at Kodiak AI
From the Driver’s Seat to Autonomy: Meet George Martinez, Safety Driver at Kodiak
Autonomous Resupply: The Kodiak Driver Delivers Supplies at the Tactical Edge
Total Cost of Ownership for Autonomous Trucks: What Fleets and Carriers Need to Know
How Autonomous Trucks Understand the World: Meet Derek Phillips, Staff Software Engineer at Kodiak
From Plans to Reality: Meet Estelle Bardon, Head of Program Management at KodiakHow we placed it
The rule, not an opinion
Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.
- 5
Regulator-cleared or mass market
A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.
- 4
Paying customersThis robot
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
Placed by: Kodiak said that by the end of June 2026, 35 trucks using its technology were working with no one in the cab (June 2026).
- 3
Pilot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
- 2
Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
- 1
Demo only
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.
What we couldn't confirm. All sources are Kodiak's own news pages; our search and fetch budget ran out before we could open independent reports, SEC filings, or the Atlas Energy Permian Basin announcements. Kodiak's investor site says it trades on Nasdaq as KDK, but we did not open a page with a quotable line on the listing. The 35 driverless trucks are believed to be the Atlas Energy Permian Basin trucks, but the opened page was not confirmed to name Atlas.
Sources
- 01Kodiak press release, 6 Oct 2026
- 02Kodiak news, 8 Oct 2026
- 03Kodiak news, 25 Sept 2026
- 04Kodiak news, 24 Sept 2026
- 05Kodiak news, 29 Sept 2026
Cite this page
Robotics Verdict. “Kodiak Driver (Kodiak AI (Kodiak Robotics)): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/kodiak-driver. Checked 19 October 2026.
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