# Torc Robotics: company

Canonical ID: `9074d4e8-7635-44b1-8eb7-45dba4bab99a`

## Key facts

- **Founded:** 2005, Blacksburg VA (orig. Tele-Operated Robotic Controls); DARPA Urban Challenge heritage
- **Owner:** Majority-owned by Daimler Truck since 2019
- **Status:** Pre-commercial: driver-out validation on a closed course in Texas (Oct 2024); commercial launch target 2027; Fort Worth autonomous hub opened May 2025
- **Autonomy:** Virtual Driver (L4); runs on the autonomous-ready Freightliner Cascadia (Daimler/Freightliner only today; propulsion-agnostic is stated intent)
- **Leadership:** CEO Peter Vaughan Schmidt

- **Slug:** torc
- **Status:** private
- **Founded:** 2005
- **HQ:** Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

## Models

- [Autonomous Freightliner Cascadia (Torc)](/models/torc-freightliner-cascadia.md) (truck) (id: `27961302-a1dd-4a6e-8a26-cb1f2ef64d2a`)

## Supplies to

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_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Sources (11)

1. https://torc.ai/about-us/
2. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/daimler-trucks-agrees-to-acquire-majority-stake-in-torc-robotics-to-create-technology-powerhouse-for-automated-trucks-300820987.html
3. https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/29/daimler-acquires-torc-robotics/
4. https://www.fleetowner.com/technology/autonomous-vehicles/article/21703648/daimler-takes-majority-stake-in-torc-robotics
5. https://torc.ai/torc-autonomous-product-validation-driver-out/
6. https://northamerica.daimlertruck.com/news-stories/2024/autonomous-driving-daimler-truck-subsidiary-torc-robotics-achieves-driver-out-validation-milestone
7. https://www.ttnews.com/articles/torc-no-driver-testing
8. https://torc.ai/autonomous-truck-hub-dallas-fort-worth-testing-commercial-operations/
9. https://torc.ai/torc-opens-first-autonomous-hub-fort-worth-celebrates-commercialization-era/
10. https://www.truckingdive.com/news/torc-robotics-opens-autonomous-hub-texas/749139/
11. https://www.ttnews.com/articles/torc-autonomous-launch-27

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