# Locomation: autonomous trucking company

Canonical ID: `4449c7e4-1685-4876-b556-ebaa93778f81`

- **Slug:** locomation
- **HQ:** Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- **Funding total (USD):** 38000000
- **Category:** [Trucks](/trucks)

## Models

- [ARC (Autonomous Relay Convoy)](/models/locomation-arc.md) (truck) (id: `17a20d42-452d-4eb1-a1f5-b442be0dfb90`)

## Supplies to

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## Common questions

### What is Locomation?

Locomation was a Pittsburgh-based autonomous trucking company founded in 2018 by Carnegie Mellon University robotics experts. The company developed Autonomous Relay Convoy (ARC) technology enabling human-led platooning of trucks on highway routes.

### What does Locomation make?

Locomation has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: ARC (Autonomous Relay Convoy) (Locomation builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

### Who competes with Locomation?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Locomation building in the same form factors include Tesla, Aurora Innovation, Waymo, BelAZ.

### Where is Locomation headquartered?

Locomation is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

### How much funding has Locomation raised?

Locomation has raised approximately $38M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

### Where does Locomation operate robots?

Locomation is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### Is Locomation a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Locomation ranks in roughly the top 95% of companies tracked by the registry.


## Sources (3)

1. https://www.truckinginfo.com/news/locomation-autonomous-relay-convoys-still-truckin
2. https://technical.ly/startups/locomation-shutdown-autonomous-trucking-pittsburgh/
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-driving_truck

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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