Full-Size Remote Control Cars

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."

Comments

Not really a step further

[naoursla]

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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[CARRIER LOST]

This sounds like fun

[OhANameWhatName]

I could stay home while driving to work.