Full-Size Remote Control Cars 91
cylonlover writes "Thanks to efforts of groups such as Google, Oxford University, BMW and Continental, we're getting closer and closer to the advent of autonomous cars – vehicles that drive themselves, with the human 'driver' pretty much just along as a passenger. Researchers at Germany's Technische Universität München, however, are looking at taking things a step further. They're developing remote-control cars that could travel along city streets with no one in them at all, their operator located somewhere far away."
Not really a step further (Score:5, Interesting)
Human drivers operating remotely is really a step in a different direction. It isn't moving past autonomous vehicles.
You could replace the remote humans with remote computers and it would be a form of autonomous vehicle.
In any case, given how often my cell phone drops signal while I'm driving I'm not sure I would want one of... oops...
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Software is more reliable (Score:3, Interesting)
I trust software more than I trust most drivers these days.
Trucking? (Score:1, Interesting)
How feasible is something like this for long-haul trucking I wonder. Then the drivers wouldn't have to be away from home for weeks on end -- they could just sit in what amounts to a simulator room that was setup like a real cab with numerous cameras to give you normal vision and maybe some force-feedback.
I assume the eventual future will be monotonous stuff like long-haul trucking will all be automated.