ALL-UP AUTONOMY PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES
National sovereignty and global productivity will go to the nations that deploys the Intelligent Infrastructure enabling Industry 4.0. We have the scientists, engineers, plans, technology, and leadership. We are establishing the North Star with a Path to Autonomy. We have been collaborating with dozens of federal agencies and departments to develop alignment. There are now over 200 industry partners engaged to help drive forward a clear Path to Commerce!
Intelligent Infrastructure will spawn a larger impact on our national productivity than electrification and Interstate highways. It enables Industry 4.0 as well as addressing critical needs for our nation today. Intelligent Infrastructure will Build Resilient Communities, Eliminate the Digital Divide, Stimulate Economic Growth, Advance Vision Zero, Create Millions of Jobs, Increase National Productivity, Secure our Supply Chains, and Secure our National Sovereignty.
The Autonomy Institute is establishing an “All-Up” Autonomy program within the United States, supporting industry and many government organizations. Developing a Private ARPA- Applied Research Programs Accelerator. Accelerating the Path to Commerce for Industry 4.0 solutions serving both Civil/Defense.
We are recruiting key leadership within government, industry, academia, and investment capital to collaborate and drive Intelligent Infrastructure and Autonomous Systems. Autonomy Requires Intelligent Infrastructure.
Investment in a 21st-century Intelligent & Autonomous Infrastructure is among the highest priorities for stimulating economic expansion, national security, and job growth. Edge computing, NextG wireless, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Resilient APNT, and resilient electrical grids will drive the largest infrastructure buildout in our nation’s history.
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Accelerating the “Path to Commerce” for connected and autonomous systems. We are establishing a number of Intelligent Infrastructure GRIDS and Autonomous Mobility Corridors.
Progress is dependent on petabytes of data being captured by tens of thousands of mission profiles. We need the digital infrastructure deployed to support accelerated capture of the critical data required to ensure safe, resilient, and scaled autonomous systems.
If we look at any of the other major transformations we have experienced in the past by the DOT, FAA, FCC, FHWA, DOE, NASA, DOD, and even the Internet – they were driven by infrastructure and data.
Time for us to accelerate our OODA Loop. Observe, Orient, Decide, Act.
AUTONOMY REQUIRES INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE
If the United States is going to lead the world with intelligent and autonomous production we need to invest in supporting Intelligent and Autonomous Infrastructure.
Industry 4.0 applications and services will never be deployed at scale until we can get edge compute and key technology at the edge. Public Infrastructure Network Nodes (PINNs) will support the rapid deployment of the crucial digital edge hardware. PINNs become supercritical nano data centers, even more, critical than the computers that run our traffic lights and commercial aviation systems. PINNs will be performing the RF and sensor fusion processing. This eliminates the major cost of backhaul over fiber and societal issues like privacy and data sovereignty. PINNs support many industry systems and secure the vital “Non-Cooperative” data stream to advance autonomy.
PATH TO COMMERCE & PRODUCTIVITY
Autonomy is the next industrial revolution. It requires the bridging of the physical and the digital. Investment in a 21st-century Intelligent & Autonomous Infrastructure is among the highest priorities for stimulating economic expansion, national security, and job growth.
This infrastructure will create Highways and Byways in order to support more efficient mobility, automated city services, autonomous cars and trucks, industrial robotics, autonomous shuttles, air taxis, inspection drones, and many intelligent city applications.
The challenge of digital edge infrastructure is the requirement to be densely deployed on the sidewalk. A unified infrastructure is required to support integrated city services, autonomous systems, commercial use cases beneficial to the community, and National Security and Privacy.
INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE GRIDS & CORRIDORS
Autonomous Infrastructure Labs and Autonomous Mobility Corridors will help accelerate the “Path to Commerce” for all types of commercial operations. There is national recognition that autonomy will drive the largest productivity gain in history and will impact just about every industry and certainly every region across the United States. There is a push from the government for collaboration, public-private partnerships, trusted capital, etc. The only way to move the industry forward is by establishing the supporting system-of-systems within a 24/7 operational framework to capture the petabytes of data required.
Over the past few decades the United States technology companies, government, automakers, venture community, research agencies, and universities have spent $100s of billions on autonomous systems. It is now time to transition to active deployments that require operational control within a collaborative environment.
Autonomous Ground-based Delivery Droids and Pods
Autonomous Low-Altitude Delivery Drones
Autonomous Personal and Public Mobility Vehicles
Autonomous Heavy Ground-Based Freight Systems
Autonomous Construction, Agriculture, Maintenance
Autonomous Inspection and Security Drones
TIME TO BUILD & IMPACT COMMUNITIES
We can continue to slow-roll this industry with proofs-of-concept, pilots, small control centers, teleoperations facilities or we can boldly go where countries like Singapore and China have already. We need to commit to full-scale operational systems design by industry leaders like Gensler, ABB, Siemens, and a long list of other leaders in cooperative centers.
Edge computing, 5G wireless, Intelligent Transportation Systems, and resilient electrical grids will drive the largest infrastructure buildout in our nation’s history. It will drive a massive resurgence of manufacturing, engineering, construction, installation, programming, and jobs of the future.
It is time for the United States to take the lead in the Design, Engineering, Deployment, and Operation of Autonomous Infrastructure and Systems. We have led many transformational industries and it is time for a NEW “ACT” – to lead the world with Autonomy.
1862 Railway Act – Promote the construction of railroads across the United States
1926 Air Commerce Act – Promote and foster Air Commerce.
1956 Interstate Highway Act – Promote the construction of Interstate Highways.
1964 Urban Transportation Act – Promote the construction of Public Transit.
1991 Intermodal Transportation Act – Promote efficient Intermodal transportation.
1996 Internet Commerce Act – Promote competition and rapid deployment of the Internet.
2021 Autonomy Commerce Act – Promote Intelligent and Autonomous Infrastructure
Autonomy is the next industrial revolution. It requires the bridging of the Digital World with the Physical. The convergence of 5G, IoT, edge computing is widely seen as the technologies that build that bridge. To date, no single industry has a business model capable of enabling the large-scale convergence that will launch the next revolution.
INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE COMMERCE ACT
The Intelligent Infrastructure Commerce Act will create millions of jobs, deliver broadband across the United States, and generate massive productivity gains within the economy. We need Intelligent Infrastructure: https://youtu.be/9-w0G7sD8NQ
Visionary leaders like Senator Warner are highlighting the need for a “Intelligent Infrastructure Commerce Act”.
National Intelligent Infrastructure Act
The Autonomy Institute is developing the team leading the deployment of Intelligent Infrastructure within cities across the US. We are building Autonomous Infrastructure Labs, Corridors, Zones, Regions, Cities, States, and eventually full national deployments.
New Infrastructure has always been the Foundation of Transformations
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Freight Trains – required Railways and Depots
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Aviation – required Control Towers, Communications, Radars, GPS
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Interstate Commerce – required Roads, Highways, Bridges
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Transport Ships – required Ports and Containers
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Overnight Delivery – required Nonstop Systems and Air Transport
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Internet – required Network Access Points, Data Centers, and Fiber