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gen safety and automation systems. Its global automotive footprint lets the company spread research and develop- ment costs across multiple sectors, and then replicate new tech company-wide when the core engineering work is done in a specific sector, Lake said. ZF uses the tagline "See, Think, Act" — displayed prominently on the Innovation Truck's trailer — to define how its futuristic tech systems work. Vehicles of the future will use a bevy of sensory inputs (like the aforementioned cameras, radar and laser scanning) to "see" the road around them, says Sommer. They'll use high-powered computers and algorithms to "think" and make determinations based on what they see. Then, trucks and cars of the future will use smart hardware and components to "act"; they'll accelerate, decelerate and steer all on their own. Smart hardware components are the bedrock for ZF's seeing, thinking, acting concept. And it's that smart hardware that's the bedrock of the technologies on display in the Innova- tion Truck. • 22 www.bigrigowner.com S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 6 Cover Story A demonstration of the Innovation Truck's remote backing/docking system. Here, the driver is operating the truck via a tablet while standing outside of the vehicle.