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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">All<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Stripped robotic delivery vehicles available free for research. See below for details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">- Hari<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Allan David <aed0022@auburn.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 30, 2025 9:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Brian Thurow <thurobs@auburn.edu>; David Timm <timmdav@auburn.edu>; Selen Cremaschi <szc0113@auburn.edu>; Robert Nelms <nelmsrm@auburn.edu>; N Narayanan <naraynh@auburn.edu>; Gregory Harris <gah0015@auburn.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Mario Eden <edenmar@auburn.edu>; Maria Auad <mla0001@auburn.edu>; Dean Hendrix <hendrtd@auburn.edu>; Jeff Suhling <jsuhling@auburn.edu>; Christian Brodbeck <brodbcj@auburn.edu>; David Bevly <dmbevly@eng.auburn.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: [EXT] Nuro Bot Donation to Auburn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">FYI – See email below regarding available autonomous delivery vehicles. If interested, please contact Dave Bevly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Allan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Lato;color:#003366;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Allan E. David, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Lato;color:#003366;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Associate Dean for Research<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Lato;color:#003366;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">John W. Brown Prof. of Chemical Engr.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Lato;color:#003366;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Auburn University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Lato;color:#003366;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">334-844-8119 | 334-740-5642 (M)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> David Bevly <<a href="mailto:dmbevly@eng.auburn.edu">dmbevly@eng.auburn.edu</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 30, 2025 10:38 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Allan David <<a href="mailto:aed0022@auburn.edu">aed0022@auburn.edu</a>>; Jeff Suhling <<a href="mailto:jsuhling@auburn.edu">jsuhling@auburn.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: [EXT] Nuro Bot Donation to Auburn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Do we want one (or more of these)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Brad Cink <<a href="mailto:bcink@nuro.ai">bcink@nuro.ai</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 30, 2025 10:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> David Bevly <<a href="mailto:dmbevly@eng.auburn.edu">dmbevly@eng.auburn.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXT] Nuro Bot Donation to Auburn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Hi Dave,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">It's come to my attention that we a number of deprecated, custom zero-occupant vehicles (Nuro R2) that we are interested in donating to a university. Based on our previous conversations and an interest in
obtaining Nuro vehicles for testing at Auburn you came to mind. There is likely more approvals required from Nuro before making a final allocation, but I wanted to gage your interest before contacting other universities. In total, I think we have ~20+ vehicles. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">You can see some of the specifications of this vehicle using the link below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnuro.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com%2FNuro_R2-Spec-Sheet-Letter.pdf&data=05%7C02%7Ccaice-csse%40eng.auburn.edu%7Cb225fd6958014114e57b08dd423b651e%7Cccb6deedbd294b388979d72780f62d3b%7C0%7C0%7C638739545063012153%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zHm0mtvb2ku36xJTVW7NuAP4b17eR5VYN98NM%2F0xtRo%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://nuro.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/Nuro_R2-Spec-Sheet-Letter.pdf" shash="T7SZtvYbw03Bva0NkMX8xb+ZyUqzZn7ogL7J1Ip4W2DGDaAHLCocCKauWcgta58qYA1W8w6MF9Ypf7PQ/e5691B8H7XA9TJ9ShY25nby0CdrrcPt/zxlwdB2gpDWgWMlQZP1hXE3aGEY1Kl4uNiJS/WigVmp6XsgaDkHRwG18AI=">https://nuro.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/Nuro_R2-Spec-Sheet-Letter.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">It's worth noting, these vehicles will have some modifications from the specifications listed:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Integrated long range and short range sensors will
<i>remain</i> on the vehicle<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">The compute system will be <i>removed</i> from the vehicle<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">No Nuro Software </span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">will be on the vehicle<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">The battery will <i>remain</i> in the vehicle<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The responsibility of transporting these vehicles from Santa Clara, CA will be the responsibility of the university. While I don't have a formal quote to share, I know that from previous experiences the irregular
dimensions (custom sensor pod on the arched roof, non-standard wheel-base, etc.) had led to around $15k
<i>per one way delivery</i> of our vehicles across the country but maybe there is an opportunity to reduce the transportation costs to make this more cost effective. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Finally, Nuro would not provide ongoing support of any kind and there are no warranties on the hardware. It's pretty transactional, but we could see if there is an opportunity for a light one-time "transition"
to make sure there's a proper hand-off and minimal documentation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Let me know if you think this is interesting to Auburn and we can find some time to discuss either tomorrow (Friday 1/31) or early next week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Brad<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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