Episode #44
Laura Major // CTO at Motional
Laura Major - CTO at motional (an autonomous vehicle company 🚗) and author of the book ‘What To Expect When You Are Expecting Robots’🤖 - talks about what it takes to build a commercially-viable SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicle 🚘.
The motional team has been working with Hyundai and Lyft to get robotaxis on the streets of Las Vegas by 2023.
You don't want to miss this inside scoop on the AV industry from a robotics expert with a background in the aerospace industry🚀. Listen to find out:
- What goes into making AVs: sensing, data processing, testing, maintenance, and more.
- Why they released their NuPlan dataset as a virtual driving test for AVs
- What its like competing in the autonomous vehicle industry.
- How to manage your time ⌚ as a CTO
- How she deals with the (unfortunate) challenges inherent in being a #WomenInTech 👩💻
Mentioned On Air
- What To Expect When You're Expecting Robots: The Future of Human-Robot Collaboration - Laura’s book on the future of human-robot collaboration Book
- nuPlan - A dataset released by motional as a benchmark for autonomous vehicle planning. Think of it like a driving test for autonomous cars. Data Set
- Images of Motional’s first planned robotaxi - Notice how the senors on this Hyundai all-electric Ioniq 5 SUV are embedded in a slightly more subtle way. Article
- SAE Levels - Motional is aiming for SAE Level 4 - High Driving Automation Standard or Protocol
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