Torc Robotics
About
About Torc Robotics
Torc’s virtual driver combines cameras, radar and lidar with onboard planning and control software for hub-to-hub motorway freight. The production vehicle is a factory-integrated Freightliner Cascadia with redundant steering, braking, power and communications systems designed to maintain control after individual component failures.
The autonomous stack runs on NVIDIA DRIVE AGX-based compute and is supported by remote operations, mapping, fleet management and freight-terminal infrastructure. Torc is commercialising the system through defined highway routes between logistics hubs rather than attempting unrestricted urban operation from the first deployment.
Articles
Products
- Torc Autonomous Trucking System
Torc Autonomous Trucking System
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Curtiss-Wright
Inbound - Communications - Curtiss-Wright supplied DuraNET 20-10 Ethernet switches integrated into Torc autonomous teleoperated UGV platforms
Source - Innoviz Technologies
Inbound - robotics sensors - Innoviz supplies InnovizTwo short-range lidar for Torc Level 4 autonomous trucks
Source - Aeva Technologies
Inbound - Robot Sensing - Aeva delivered initial Atlas 4D lidar C-sample units to Torc Robotics for the Daimler Truck autonomous Cascadia series-production program
Source
Team
- Andrew Culhane - Chief Commercial Officer - Leads commercial execution for Torc's autonomous truck go-to-market work.
- Dr. Peter Vaughan Schmidt - Chief Executive Officer - Sets Torc's strategy for Level 4 autonomous truck commercialization and Daimler Truck integration.
- Tobias Wessels - Chief Financial Officer - Leads financial operations for Torc's autonomous trucking commercialization phase.
- Mike Avitabile - SVP, Engineering - Leads engineering execution for Torc's autonomous truck software and autonomy systems.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-09-30 - Org Change - Torc discloses DataLoop and Simulation division for AV 3.0 development
The division comprises Simulation, Data Ops, ML Ops and ML Data teams. Torc standardised on Ray by Anyscale to orchestrate large machine-learning workloads. Each truck mission produces roughly 9 TB of data per hour, according to Torc.
Source - 2026-05-26 - Partnership - Torc establishes physical-AI research partnership with Mila
The collaboration covers world models, multi-agent behaviour modelling, reinforcement learning and foundation models for autonomous trucking. The agreement is a research partnership and does not itself represent a vehicle deployment or customer programme.
Source - 2026-02-24 - Demonstration - Torc expands autonomous truck testing to Michigan public roads
The testing uses the latest-generation Daimler Truck autonomous chassis based on Freightliner Cascadia. The expansion adds Michigan to Torc's existing testing operations in Dallas-Fort Worth and Blacksburg.
Source - 2025-01-02 - Partnership - Torc and Aeva expand autonomous-truck development collaboration
The companies expanded an existing collaboration. The work includes sensing-data development. A shared Freightliner Cascadia platform supports testing; commercial fleet deployment is not inferred.
Source - 2024-01-09 - Partnership - Daimler Truck and Torc select Aeva lidar for autonomous trucks
The multi-year collaboration begins in the first quarter of 2024 with Aeva’s start of production by 2026 and Daimler Truck production ramp by 2027. Close Start download Add to Download Center Aeva will supply its latest Atlas automotive grade 4D LiDAR technology to Daimler Truck and collaborate with Torc Robotics.
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Relations
Relationships
- Aeva Technologies
Technology Partner - Torc Robotics uses Aeva 4D lidar as part of Daimler Truck's autonomous truck production program.
- Daimler Truck
Parent Company - Torc operates as an independent Daimler Truck subsidiary focused on autonomous freight.
- Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute
Research Contract - Torc established a physical-AI research partnership and dedicated research presence at Mila.
Context
Comparable profiles
- Zeron
comparable profile - Autonomous Trucking Software
- RideFlux
stack adjacency - Autonomous Trucking Software Layer
Context tags
- Autonomous trucking software - Peer Group - https://torc.ai/ - Torc develops the autonomous driving system (virtual driver) for long-haul freight trucks.
- Logistics operations - Customer Environment - https://torc.ai/ - target operating environment is hub-to-hub motorway freight and freight terminals.
- Autonomous truck software operations - Workflow - https://torc.ai/ - autonomy operations for commercial trucking including remote operations, mapping and fleet management.
- Autonomous trucking software layer - Stack Layer - https://torc.ai/ - autonomous driving software layer supplied for commercial trucking.