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Re:The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automat... by ktRolster on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @04:29AM (#11570256)
>Or operate the rigs from thousands of miles away, like drone pilots, with displays showing 360 degrees around the rig and access to all of its sensors?

Any driverless technology that requires a constant wireless internet connection is a non-starter.

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Re:The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automat... by braythwayt on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @09:32AM (#11571679)
As I said elsewhere, I do not think a constant wireless connection will be an issue, because I don’t think you’ll be operating the truck remotely the way a hobbyist operates an RC car. The truck will brake when a car, pedestrian, or bicycle cuts it off, and do it better than you could.

You are there to route it around traffic jams, talk to the foreman on site, and choose the loading bay.

Even if you had a reliable high-bandwidth/low-latency connection, the truck will be better than you are at handling things that requires instant response. You are there to make decisions.

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Re:The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automat... by ktRolster on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @10:17PM (#11577395)
That's true, it requires a higher level of skill from the AI though.
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