Safety is at the core of everything we do at Aurora — from how we test and develop, to the culture we create and the products we are working to deploy. A key part of our approach to safety is that we openly share components of our safety work with the industry, as we did with our Safety Case Framework.
It’s not every year that a company more than doubles in size, announces a series of industry-defining partnerships, and goes public, but 2021 was that year for Aurora. Throughout the year we were able to move swiftly and decisively in no small part because of the foundational investments we’ve made in our technology and our team.
Building a company and technology to transform an industry like transportation means planning for the long term. One of the most critical first steps for developing a generational product is to invest in the foundational elements that enable scalability.
One of the greatest challenges in self-driving is the interaction with other actors on the road— whether drivers, cyclists, or pedestrians. AVs would already likely be ubiquitous if these technical challenges of interaction were not so significant.
It has been quite a year at Aurora! We kicked off 2021 by welcoming the Uber ATG team and, since then, we’ve kept up the pace with new partnerships, product developments, tech advancements, and more.
The Aurora Driver, now in beta, features cutting-edge hardware and fresh capabilities in commercial pilot.
Aurora’s Virtual Testing Suite has been an important part of our company and today we’re accelerating our simulation efforts by welcoming the team from Colrspace – a creative technology start-up made up of Pixar veterans behind the computer graphic imagery (CGI) magic of iconic movie series like “Toy Story” and “Cars.”