Ottomotto

Ottomotto LLC, d/b/a Otto, was an American self-driving technology company founded in January 2016 by Lior Ron and Anthony Levandowski.

The company focused on retrofitting semi trucks with radars, cameras and laser sensors to make them capable of driving themselves.

[2][4] Claire Delaunay, who led the software development and Don Burnette, from Google’s self-driving car team were also co-founders.

[10][11] In March 2017, United States District Judge William Alsup, referred the case to federal prosecutors after Levandowski exercised his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

[12] In May 2017, Judge Alsup ordered Levandowski to refrain from working on Otto's Lidar and required Uber to disclose its discussions on the technology.

[13] Clearpath Robotics filed a complaint in the Northern District of California on August 24, 2016 against Ottomotto LLC with respect to its OTTO brand.

"[21] Eventually the company hoped to develop trucks able to drive autonomously on the 220,000 miles of highways in the US,[4] though in some states such as California there may have been regulatory obstacles.

Uber self-driving Volvo XC90 parked outside the Otto headquarters
A fleet of Otto autonomous Volvo VNL tractor units equipped with various sensors