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Aurora Driver on Peterbilt 579 (PACCAR) vs Gatik Autonomous Box Truck in 2026
Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.
| Attribute | No image on file | No image on file |
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| Manufacturer | Aurora Innovation | Gatik |
| Form factor | truck | truck |
| Maturity | commercial | commercial |
| Availability | internal-onlyenterprise | internal-onlyenterprise |
| Price | Not announced | Not announced |
| Capability claims | — | — |
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| Verified deployments | 4 | 4 |
| Privacy practices | — | — |
| Sources on file | 21 | 16 |
Editorial summaries
Aurora Driver on Peterbilt 579 (PACCAR)
Aurora's driverless commercial freight runs the Aurora Driver (L4) on PACCAR trucks (Peterbilt 579 and Kenworth T680), hauling paid commercial freight on Texas lanes since May 2025. There is no consumer price: this is B2B autonomous freight, not a consumer product. The verified-vs-claimed nuance: the trucks are genuinely driverless (the Aurora Driver operates the vehicle), but Aurora reinstated an OEM-requested in-cab observer at PACCAR's request in May 2025: the observer is not a safety driver. Recorded at commercial maturity on verified paid-freight operations.
Gatik Autonomous Box Truck
Gatik's autonomous box truck is a Class 6/7 medium-duty vehicle (Isuzu FTR chassis, Cummins B6.7 powertrain, refrigerated/cold-chain boxes) running the Gatik Driver (L4) on fixed middle-mile routes, purpose-built with redundancy for driverless operation. There is no consumer price: this is B2B middle-mile autonomous freight. The verified-vs-claimed nuance worth recording: Gatik is explicitly NOT a Class 8 long-haul tractor: it is a medium-duty middle-mile box truck running short, fixed, repeatable routes, a different and more constrained autonomy problem than on-highway long-haul. Recorded at commercial maturity.
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