# Bern Grush

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Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 385 - How Medical Devices and Robots will change our lives:

Brian Crombie has two fascinating guests talking about how medical devices and robots will change our lives: - Neil Fraser President Medtronic presents their new heart pacemaker that is the size of a vitamin pill and inserted right into the heart. We also discuss the medical device business in Cana…

Smart Driving Cars Episode 49

When will we shift from buying cars to buying rides? In Episode 49 of the Smart Driving Cars Podcast, entrepreneur, speaker and co-author of "The End of Driving: Transportation Systems and Public Policy Planning for Autonomous Vehicles" ...Bern Grush joins co-hosts Alain Kornhauser of Princeton an…

Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 459 - HARMONIZE MOBILITY and Autonomous Vehicles

Brian interviews Bern Grush and Jerry Boyer. Bern Grush and Jerry Boyer are the co-founders of an innovative Canadian company HARMONIZE MOBILITY. They focus on solutions that connect new transportation technologies to public policy. So far they have worked on: Mobility as a Service, Autonomous Vehi…

Do Robots Have a Place on Our Sidewalks?

Send us Fan Mail In the 1st episode of this new season of Robotics for All Podcast by AV&R, Michael Muldoon host of our show, with Bern Grush, Executive Director of the Urban Robotics Foundation and Chief Innovation Officer at Harmonize Mobility, unpack Toronto City Council December 17th decision t…

Episode 19: Street Lab Part 4_Public-area mobile robots, and the city

In this next edition of our Street Lab series we tackle even more change for the public realm and our streets - the introduction of public-area mobile robots (PMR). Thankfully we had Bern Grush from the Urban Robotics Foundation join us to breakdown where this agenda is at, where it is likely to be…

Let's talk robotics with Bern Grush

Joining me today (eps 145) is Bern Grush. Bern is the Executive Director of the Urban Robotics Foundation and project lead for the draft technical standard ISO 4448 (Public-area Mobile Robots and automated pathway devices). Since 2002, Bern has been involved with transportation-related innovation …

From Satellites to Sidewalk Robots - Bern's Lifelong Journey of Invention

Bern Grush, a man who has worn many hats in his career, from aerospace engineer to entrepreneur, shares his fascinating life story. In this episode, we explore Bern's diverse experiences, from his early days working on satellites to his current work on international regulations for sidewalk robots.…

Challenger Cities EP86: How the Robocars Meet the Curb with Bern Grush

Good new Challenger Cities episode today, all about autonomous vehicles and the bit that our guest, Bern Grush, thinks cities need to be thinking about more now. Like them or not, robotaxis are coming to cities. And for all the spectacular technology that helps cars drive themselves, the have some…

Will the Curb End Driving? (Bern Grush, Urban Robotics Foundation & Pudocity)

Today, we dive deep into the future of our streets, our sidewalks, and the very fabric of our cities with one of the most unique thinkers in the entire mobility ecosystem. When he looks at transport, he does so through the lens of social good, public policy, and human harmony, combining insights …

The Robotaxi Industry's Real Bottleneck Is Not AI. It's the Curb

Everyone in autonomous driving argues about sensors, foundation models and remote assistance ratios. Almost nobody argues about the last ten meters. Bern Grush, CEO of Pudocity, on why the robotaxi industry's real constraint is not the AI. It is deciding where the vehicle stops. Safety is an engin…