The Ottopia Remote Chauffeur platform looks to commercialize teleloperated, remotely piloted vehicle operation as a bridge to fully autonomous driving. MotorTrend is in no rush for self-driving cars ...

Even in the middle of the day, the 50-mile trip from San Francisco to San Jose is a pain. Like a toddler, Bay Area driving toggles between slumber (rush-hour slogs) and frenzy (passing-happy speeding) ...

LAS VEGAS —French automotive supplier Valeo Group demonstrated a potential system at the Consumer Electronics Show that in certain circumstances could allow an outside operator to take over an ...

Phantom Auto is a start-up that hopes to assist self-driving cars in tricky scenarios by using remote control. Autonomous cars can get confused in areas like a construction site or if a driveway is ...

In the event of an emergency, a new Apple patent details a system that could override a self-driving car's system and hand over controls to a remote operator. Apple Insider reported on the patent ...

Well, that didn't take long! About a year ago we ran an excerpt of "The Holy Driver," the sixth chapter in a science-fiction book that depicted an online gamer who was unwittingly tapped to remotely ...

As soon as this year, self-driving cars in the UK could be truly driverless. That is, except for the remote control driver monitoring the vehicle while it drives in trial runs. But no one has to be in ...

Texas A&M University is modifying its self-driving pilot program in the city of Bryan, Texas, to have humans remotely monitor and operate the shuttles starting in September, making it one of the first ...

These buzzword technologies are covered by nine granted and 20 pending Ottopia patents that allow the Ottopia Remote Chauffeur platform to make teleoperation of higher-end vehicles possible with the ...