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[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Sure, but here you basically have to have an autonomous pickup truck following you. The question is if you need something about the size of a pickup anyway, why not just drive the pickup?

The diagram shows something impossible, a tiny little autonomous tow vehicle. The physics just don't support it. Even a tractor is only acceptable for towing a big load by virtue of going at a relative snail's pace. At speed the bigger mass will tend to dictate how the physics goes. So for decent payload, you'll need basically a full on pickup truck.

So the usage scenario is "I want to rent something almost exactly like a pickup truck, but am not willing to actually drive the pickup truck".

It would be more like a self powered converter dolly that is used in a B-train that has 3 drive axels. And you are correct it would weigh more than the lead vehicle.