# Gatik Autonomous Box Truck at Arkansas: deployment

Canonical ID: `95974499-c2b7-4dce-865b-401a4c0d8b75`

Gatik autonomous middle-mile delivery for Walmart in Bentonville, Arkansas; the world-first fully driverless (no safety driver) middle-mile commercial route, achieved Nov 2021.

## Key facts

- **Operator:** Walmart
- **Milestone:** World-first driverless middle-mile (no safety driver), Bentonville AR, Nov 2021

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-05-31_

- **Slug:** gatik-walmart-bentonville
- **Status:** active
- **Model:** [Gatik Autonomous Box Truck](/models/gatik-box-truck.md) (id: `f35d5878-46ae-40e0-997b-0f313ce5381b`)
- **Company:** [Gatik](/companies/gatik.md) (id: `2d141fe3-5d33-4c6d-a6cc-cef24d006389`)
- **Location:** [Arkansas](/locations/united-states/arkansas.md) (id: `b0132a5a-96f7-4586-b11b-a77ae1673ab7`)
- **First seen:** 2021-11-08T12:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. https://gatik.ai/news/press-releases/gatik-and-walmart-achieve-fully-driverless-deliveries-in-a-first-for-autonomous-trucking-industry-worldwide/
2. https://www.ccjdigital.com/equipment-controls/article/15281126/walmart-takes-safety-driver-out-of-autonomous-middlemile

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