Our guest in this episode is Sterling Anderson, a pioneer of self-driving vehicles. With a masters degree and a PhD from MIT, Sterling led the development and launch of the Tesla Model X, and then led the team that delivered Tesla Autopilot. In 2017 he co-founded Aurora, along with Chris Urmson, who was a founder and CTO of Google’s self-driving car project, which is now Waymo, and also Drew Bagnell, who co-founded and led Uber’s self-driving team.
Aurora is concentrating on automating long-distance trucks, and expects to be the first company to deploy fully self-driving trucks in the US when it deploys big driverless trucks (16 tons and more) between Dallas and Houston in April 2025.
Self-driving vehicles will be one of the most significant technologies of this decade, and we are delighted that one of the stars of the sector, Sterling, is joining us to share his perspectives.
Selected follow-ups:
- The future of transportation is here - Aurora website
- Leadership Team - Aurora website
Previous episodes also featuring self-driving vehicles:
- Ep 58: Whatever happened to self-driving cars, with Timothy Lee
- Ep 26: Peter James, best-selling crime-writer and transhumanist
Music: Spike Protein, by Koi Discovery, available under CC0 1.0 Public Domain Declaration
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