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Why don't they just have remote control trucks (with really good feeds of sound/video/vibrations/etc) and outsource the driving to people in a low cost of livin

Why don't they just have remote control trucks (with really good feeds of sound/video/vibrations/etc) and outsource the driving to people in a low cost of living area? Imagining how drones are piloted in offices in innocuous shopping malls.

stevenwoo 9y ago
Latency and internet up time. Just from playing online multiplayer video games with people in the same city, there can be issues with this making video games unplayable for short periods. We do that remote thing with military drones with pilots sitting in Nevada controlling drones in Afghanistan but the real time requirements for that are much lower, i.e. can fly for long periods without worrying about traffic or very restricted flight near areas needing traffic control /no dogfighting capability - they can fire a few missiles at mostly static targets on the ground.
- gargarplex 9y ago
  Cool, that's what I figured, but I'm not entirely done with this line of thinking yet... Has anyone done any estimates on what kind of latency requirements are necessary for that? There's got to be some mention of the reaction time interval or something somewhere? ^ That would be interesting me also for the perspective of understanding what new markets would be opened by what new wireless technology (à la disruption curves in Innovator's Dilemma) What about a two-driver solution with two independent internet links?
  - vuln 9y ago
    UAVs using Beyond Line of Site (BLoS) have a delay of about 5 seconds.
    - gargarplex 9y ago
      Let's say there is an airport somewhere flat and with no trees, so let's assume LOS (Line of Sight) conditions. We want to provide a courtesy bus system, 24 hours a day, to drive around at speeds no more than 10mph. Shuffle people around terminals, to rental car lots, to designated ridesharing collection areas, etc. Couldn't the buses be piloted remotely?
Noos 9y ago
...You want to give control of a huge, multi-ton vehicle to someone far away in another state (or God forbid, another country) based on how low you can pay them?
- lnsru 9y ago
  That might be a wonderful business case! Whole building somewhere packed with guys remotely driving trucks/Uber cars 800$/month. No visa issues, different shifts to be available 24/7 for client. And a private radio link to prevent connectivity problems.

stevenwoo 9y ago

Latency and internet up time. Just from playing online multiplayer video games with people in the same city, there can be issues with this making video games unplayable for short periods. We do that remote thing with military drones with pilots sitting in Nevada controlling drones in Afghanistan but the real time requirements for that are much lower, i.e. can fly for long periods without worrying about traffic or very restricted flight near areas needing traffic control /no dogfighting capability - they can fire a few missiles at mostly static targets on the ground.

gargarplex 9y ago
Cool, that's what I figured, but I'm not entirely done with this line of thinking yet... Has anyone done any estimates on what kind of latency requirements are necessary for that? There's got to be some mention of the reaction time interval or something somewhere? ^ That would be interesting me also for the perspective of understanding what new markets would be opened by what new wireless technology (à la disruption curves in Innovator's Dilemma) What about a two-driver solution with two independent internet links?
- vuln 9y ago
  UAVs using Beyond Line of Site (BLoS) have a delay of about 5 seconds.
  - gargarplex 9y ago
    Let's say there is an airport somewhere flat and with no trees, so let's assume LOS (Line of Sight) conditions. We want to provide a courtesy bus system, 24 hours a day, to drive around at speeds no more than 10mph. Shuffle people around terminals, to rental car lots, to designated ridesharing collection areas, etc. Couldn't the buses be piloted remotely?

Noos 9y ago

...You want to give control of a huge, multi-ton vehicle to someone far away in another state (or God forbid, another country) based on how low you can pay them?

lnsru 9y ago
That might be a wonderful business case! Whole building somewhere packed with guys remotely driving trucks/Uber cars 800$/month. No visa issues, different shifts to be available 24/7 for client. And a private radio link to prevent connectivity problems.