Smokey and the Robot - Greg Lindsay chats with Don Burnette by Fast Forward, Podcast by CoMotion published on 2019-06-30T20:22:28Z Episode 31. Greg Lindsay chats with Don Burnette, co-founder and CEO at Kodiak Robotics. Don Burnette believes trucking will be the first commercially viable application of autonomous vehicle technology and that autonomous trucks can drive much more safety and efficiency to the system. Kodiak Robotics seeks to revolutionize freight transportation with a single network, connected autonomous trucking fleet.