• Reygle@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    actually driving, as in manually taking control of the vehicle by remote.

    Waymo’s chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, recently noted that when the company’s robotaxis encounter unusual situations, they may request real-time input from a remote response agent

    I don’t know how else to translate “real-time input”.

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      12 days ago

      From the same article:

      Waymo says its remote fleet response agents do not directly operate vehicle controls, but instead provide real-time contextual information that the autonomous system uses while remaining in control of the vehicle.

      So nobody is taking over and directly piloting the car. It’s probably a good thing to have the car double-check with someone if something strange or unpredictable happens.