#73 – Sterling Anderson | Aurora – Autonomous Driving & Playing the Long Game

Sterling Anderson is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Aurora, the company delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly Key topics in this conversation include: Aurora’s decision to pursue several AD applications in parallel How Sterling is thinking about partnerships and commercialization How Aurora is working towards long term success rather than trying to display technology in specific, niche applications How Aurora tests “smarter, not farther” Similarities and differences for automating a class 8 truck and a passenger car application Links Show notes: http://brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/sterlinganderson Future of Mobility LIVE registration: https://www.linkedin.com/events/futureofmobilitylive-investingi6856659498245984256/ Sterling’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sterlinganderson/ For more on Aurora, including partnerships with FedEx, Uber, Toyota, Volvo, and PACCAR, as well as their Aurora Driver Development Program, Safety Case Framework, product announcements, Fusion hardware kit, blueprint for ride-hailing, and more, visit their blog. Sterling’s Bio: Sterling Anderson is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Aurora, the company delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. A longtime developer of autonomous vehicle technology, Sterling developed the MIT Intelligent Co-Pilot, a shared autonomy framework that paved the way for broad advances in cooperative control of human-machine systems. In 2014, he joined Tesla, where he led the design, development, and launch of the Tesla Model X and then led the team that delivered Tesla Autopilot. Sterling holds several patents and over a dozen publications in autonomous vehicle systems and earned his Masters and Ph.D. from MIT. About Aurora: Aurora, founded by the leading experts in self-driving, is delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly with the Aurora Driver. The Aurora Driver is a platform that brings together software, hardware, and data services to safely operate any vehicle without a human driver. Backed by Amazon, Sequoia, and others, Aurora has partnerships with FedEx, Toyota, Volvo, Uber, PACCAR, and more. Aurora tests in the Bay Area, Pittsburgh, and Dallas, has offices in those cities and four other locations. Future of Mobility: The Future of Mobility podcast is focused on the development and implementation of safe, sustainable, and equitable mobility solutions, with a spotlight on the people and technology advancing these fields. linkedin.com/in/brandonbartneck/ brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/ Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License