While robotics advances at pace in many industrial settings these days, the robotic or autonomous vehicle remains a nebulous prospect for many.
Emily Shao, partner at McKinsey & Co, says the reality is that the widespread adoption of Level 5 autonomous vehicles is decades away from becoming a common reality. She also clarifies the prevalence of robots as being defined by those that already inhabit and automate warehouses.
Before analyzing the industry trends and the current forecasts more closely for Level 5, fully autonomous vehicles, she asks us to take a step back. That’s because Level 5 autonomy is very challenging – even for humans to achieve anywhere. For this reason, the industry is focused on Level 4 of autonomy. So, the focus is on building capabilities on specific operational design domains (ODDs) such as weather, road conditions, specific types of regions, or the time of day...
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Client: InformaTech, published by TU Automotive 24th June 2022; also published by Urgent Communications on 27th June 2022. Author: Graham Jarvis.
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