Vehicle developers I usually don’t love to talk about “teleoperation” when a human guide or handles hand cars remotely. It can feel like a soiled secret. You should not work an autonomous vehicle, well, well ,, autonomously?
But experts say that telefination is at least at the moment a key part of any robot taxis service, including Robotaksi Tesla. Technology, although impressive, is still in development, and autonomous systems still need people to lead them through less common, and especially sticky road situations. In addition, the principle of security engineering is that each system needs a backup-in the case of recent robots, which include double-sided EVs leading on public roads.
And yet, just a few days after Tesla launched the long -awaited (and very delayed) Robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, society still does not know about its teleoperation systems. Tesla has He published a work related to Teleopopaths Where he states that the role will be responsible for developing the application “” Our remote operators utilize for the interface with our cars and robots “, an application in which operators will be” browsed for the world of devices using the most up-to-date VR set, which allows them to remotely make elaborate and faces. “
It is worrying that several government spokespersons representing the city of Austin, the state of Texas and the highest road safety regulator of the USA did not answer questions about Tesla’s teleteration. Indeed, Austin and the Texas Transport Department gave all our questions about Tesla technology to the company. Tesla, who dissolved her Public Relations team in 2020, did not answer Wired questions.
Last month National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National Supervisory Authority of Road Safety, wrote AND A letter to Tesla asked questions about, among others How or if Tesla was planning to utilize teleoperation. How to expect that his employees will monitor, supervise and even intervene when his systems are on the road? The government asked the company to answer until June 19, what will happen After The service will allegedly start on June 12, in accordance with the reports with Bloomberg at the beginning of this month. NHTSA would not respond many times to WIRED queries about what he knows about Tesla telecate.
. Los Angeles Times He informed that people used teleoperation to manipulate the Optimus robot during the debut event “Rybercab” in Los Angeles, and when Optimus showed his recent hands a month later, catching tennis ball in the air, engineer for the company recognized that people used teleoperations similarly. The company also has permission to test autonomous vehicles in California with the driver behind the wheel. The state has much more severe rules than Texas and requires Some kind of “communication connection” between vehicle testing and remote operators, so the company probably has a system.
Without throwing any light on how Tesla teleoperations will operate in the city, Austin Transport and Public Work spokesman Cristal Corrales wrote We -Mail: “The city works with AV [autonomous vehicle] Companies before implementing and implementation to obtain training for first aid, set up expectations regarding ongoing communication and providing information on infrastructure and events. “The spokesman for the Texas Transport Department Laura Butterbrodt said in the statement of E -Mail:” The Texas law allows AV tests and operations on the Texas road, as long as they meet the same safety and insurance as any other vehicles on the road. ” € “” Foreign ” -” Texas law allows AV tests and operations on Texas.