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It's definitely not the first /vehicle/. Waymo has fully autonomous cars driving people around in Phoenix.
by TotempaaltJ 7y ago
It's definitely not the first /vehicle/. Waymo has fully autonomous cars driving people around in Phoenix.
- dotancohen 7y agoThose are manned with a qualified driver who supposedly is paying attention and can take control at any time. These trucks are unmanned, with a remote driver who may or may not be paying attention but can take control at any time.
- CorvusCrypto 7y agoThe rule is clearly stated in the swedish article that during these drives a person must be present with one hand on the controls just I'm case. Same saftey net, really, remote or not imo makes no difference
- rakoo 7y agoSlight difference that makes it all the more interesting: the remote controller watches 10 vehicles at once. I feel this is the same difference as a manned vs unmanned subway, because it means reliability is good enough that you don't need one human per vehicle. Each vehicle is a little bit more autonomous. Also, the safety net inside the vehicle is clearly just for testing purposes, while the remote safety net is something that can be done in production.
- marcosdumay 7y agoThe remote controller can not only watch 10 vehicles at the same time, but also go home at the end of a 6 hours shift and handle the vehicles to another driver without even stopping.
- bryanlarsen 7y agoWaymo operated some trips without safety drivers Nov 2018.