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

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. Remote Driving: A Ready-to-go Approach to Autonomous Car? Opportunities and Challenges Ruilin Liu † , Kostas Bekris † , Ahmed Elgammal † , Vinod Ganapathy † , Mario Gerla ‡ , Liviu Iftode † , Melchi Michel † , and Jingang Yi † † Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, ‡ University of California, Los Angeles