Signal Waymo passed 10 million paid rides and Aurora began scheduled driverless freight runs

Summary

Deloitte identifies autonomous vehicles and drones as the most visible robotic forms of physical AI today. As evidence of commercial traction, it cites Waymo's robotaxi service surpassing 10 million paid rides. It also points to Aurora Innovation launching what it describes as the first commercial self-driving truck service, carrying regular freight between Dallas and Houston. These milestones sit within a wider argument that falling costs and maturing manufacturing now let physical AI systems be built with the reliability and quality control of cars or smartphones. In that framing, road transport shows that driverless systems have moved from trials to paying operations. Drones are presented as a parallel case, already managing warehouse inventory by flying between shelves and scanning codes.