Tech. Cars. Machines.

Listen to William Santana Li, Founder and CEO of Knightscope, and a Ford Motor Company veteran, describe how he’s raised $40MM without venture capital to build the leading security robot company. Understand how Knightscope focuses on the near-term-possible in autonomy to achieve commercial deployments today. Visit William Santana Li and Knightscope.  More about GTK, your … Continue reading William Santana Li, CEO & Founder, Knightscope security robots →

Listen to Chuhee Lee, Vice President of Technology and Strategy, a veteran of Volkswagen of America’s Electronic Research Lab, describe how his group’s activities improve the user experience for the 11 million vehicles a year that the VW Group manufactures. We’ll explore vehicle infotainment, autonomy, customization, and the evolving concept of “luxury”. Visit Chuhee and … Continue reading Chuhee Lee, Volkswagen Group of America’s Electronic Research Laboratory →

In Part 3, we discuss recent progress and prospects for widely available, substantially autonomous vehicles.  We’ll look at advances and leaders. In this 3-part segment, we ask and answer: What’s real and what’s not in “self-driving?”  Which advances have near-term applications, and which vehicles are driving themselves already?  In Part 1, we quantified the enormous … Continue reading 3/3 Self-driving cars: the Real News →

In Part 2, we review the history, challenges, and over promises in the field of vehicle autonomy. In this 3-part segment, we ask and answer: What’s real and what’s not in “self-driving?”  Which advances have near-term applications, and which vehicles are driving themselves already?  In Part 1, we quantified the enormous size of the transportation … Continue reading 2/3 Self-driving cars: the Fake News →

What’s real and what’s not in “self-driving?”  Which advances have near-term applications, and which vehicles are driving themselves already?  In Part 1, we quantify the enormous size of the transportation industry, and how that size means there’s no reason to exaggerate autonomy claims: partial autonomy and unrelated technology advances are making a big difference in … Continue reading 1/3 Tech & Cars: the Big News →

Listen to Josh Switkes, CEO and co-founder of Peloton Technology, describe how his company enables safe tailgating between trucks, helping the industry save fuel and improve safety.   Understand why the company has raised $80MM from the likes of Intel, UPS and Volvo. What’s unique about trucking? Why is Peloton’s implementation of limited autonomy, a … Continue reading Josh Switkes, CEO & Founder, Peloton Technologies →

What’s real and what’s not in “self-driving?”  Which advances have near-term applications, and which vehicles are driving themselves already? We start by quantifying the enormous size of the transportation industry, and how that size means there’s no reason to exaggerate autonomy claims: unrelated technology advances are making a big difference to everything from energy sources … Continue reading Self-driving cars are mostly Fake News, but the Real parts are Big News →

Ali Tabibian of GTK Partners will roadmap this series, describing how we’ll help Dear Listeners understand the world of artificial intelligence, data science, connectivity and sensors through their applications in cars and machines.  He’ll answer your burning questions: What is this series about anyway? Why is tech in cars and machines so closely related? Who … Continue reading Introduction. →

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