As far as I am aware I don't think we have any lorries the comment was about. All ours are still wheeled from the kerb to the back of the truck by a human operator on foot that then pushes the button that then lifts the bin, they are then unhooked by a human and wheeled back at least out the road.
In the US (especially hot area) you put your bin a set distance from the sidewalk...no cars are parked on the street, the truck crawls along the curb and a robot arms grabs a correctly orientated bin using a camera, lifts it and return it to the sidewalk all requiring only the driver in his air conditioned cab.