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Full-Size Remote Control Cars

Posted by Soulskill on from the no-mr-bond-i-expect-you-to-die dept.

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."

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  1. Not really a step further by naoursla · · Score: 4, 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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  2. Software is more reliable by Russ1642 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I trust software more than I trust most drivers these days.

  3. Trucking? by Anonymous Coward · · 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.