Remote Driving: A Ready-to-go Approach to Autonomous Cars? Opportunities and Challenges

Ruilin Liu, Kostas Bekris, Ahmed Elgammal, Vinod Ganapathy, Mario Gerla, Liviu Iftode, Melchi Michel, and Jingang Yi

Rutgers University, Department of Computer Science Technical Report 712; Piscataway, New Jersey, filed February 2015.

In contrast to autonomous driving solutions purely based on artificial intelligence, this article discusses an alternative for autonomous cars, which involves remote over-the-network driving. The progress in ITS technology, especially in wireless networks and robotic control theory, allows envisioning tele-operated cars that are equally effective in navigating roads and highways to cars controlled by an on-board human driver. This article also examines the challenges that remote driving needs to overcome and possible solutions before turning this technology into reality.

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