# Nuro navigates to fully autonomous driving

- Show: [The Robot Report Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast)
- Published: 2024-11-27
- Length: 44m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2024-11-27-nuro-navigates-to-fully-autonomous-driving
- Listen: https://soundcloud.com/robot-report-podcast/nuro-navigates-to-fully-autonomous-driving

## Summary

Andrew Clare, CTO of Nuro, explains the company's pivot from solely operating autonomous delivery vehicles to licensing its 'Nuro Driver' technology to automotive OEMs and mobility providers. He details the technical differences between urban and highway driving, emphasizing that highway autonomy requires long-range perception and rapid reaction to off-nominal events, whereas urban driving demands handling complex dynamic behaviors like pedestrians and cyclists. Clare highlights Nuro's safety culture, its federal exemption for occupantless vehicles, and its redundant sensor stack of LiDAR, camera, and radar, while clarifying that the company's North Star remains Level 4 autonomy rather than pursuing unrestricted Level 5.

## Chapters

- [8:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2024-11-27-nuro-navigates-to-fully-autonomous-driving#t=502) Introduction: Andrew Clare and Nuro's Business Model Pivot
- [13:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2024-11-27-nuro-navigates-to-fully-autonomous-driving#t=814) The Market for AI Drivers and OEM Partnerships
- [19:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2024-11-27-nuro-navigates-to-fully-autonomous-driving#t=1186) Urban vs. Highway Driving Challenges
- [25:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2024-11-27-nuro-navigates-to-fully-autonomous-driving#t=1540) Nuro Driver Technology Stack and Redundancy
- [33:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2024-11-27-nuro-navigates-to-fully-autonomous-driving#t=2034) Level 4 vs. Level 5 Autonomy and ODD
- [37:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2024-11-27-nuro-navigates-to-fully-autonomous-driving#t=2248) Hardware, Software Integration, and Future Roadmap

## Topics

- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Sensors & measurement in products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sensors)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Nuro (company)
- Nuro Driver (product)
- NVIDIA (company)
- Thor (chip)
- ARM (company)
- Ike (company)
- Waymo (company)
- MIT CSAIL (company)

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- [When trucks drive themselves with Chris Urmson of Aurora](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2023-07-20-when-trucks-drive-themselves-with-chris-urmson-of-aurora) (How I Built This)
- [Episode Eleven – Self-Driving Cars: behind the wheel](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2021-10-29-episode-eleven-self-driving-cars-behind-the-wheel) (Robot Talk)
- [Ep. 22 | Cruise's Sr. VP of Engineering, Mo ElShenawy, on Developing Autonomous Vehicles](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2021-04-15-ep-22-cruises-sr-vp-of-engineering-mo-elshenawy-on-developing-autonomous-vehicle) (Moore's Lobby)

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