Sentences with phrase «backup human drivers»

Backup human drivers in Uber's self - driving cars had to take over about once every mile as of March 8, according to documents obtained by Recode (Uber doesn't make its data publicly available).

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During my tests, I felt a pang of regret for even agreeing to being carted around like that in the first place, even with a human driver as a backup.

Monday's accident may also call into question new regulations from states like California and Arizona that are letting auto and tech companies test self - driving vehicles without human backup drivers that can intervene if the vehicle makes a mistake.

The Volvo was in self - driving mode with a human backup driver at the wheel when it hit 49 - year - old Elaine Herzberg as she was walking a bicycle outside the lines of a crosswalk, police said.

The Volvo was in self - driving mode with a human backup driver at the wheel when it struck Herzberg, police said.

The thinking behind the decision, explains Erik Coelingh, Volvo's senior technical leader for safety and driver - support technologies, is that Autopilot will include so many redundant and backup systems — duplicate cameras, radars, batteries, brakes, computers, steering actuators — that a human driver will never need to intervene and thus can not be at fault.

It's also where the company started testing fully - autonomous Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans without human backup drivers last November — a first in the industry.

Meanwhile, The New York Times reported that Uber's self - driving cars have struggled to go even 13 miles in autonomous mode without the human backup driver having to take over.

The Volvo was in self - driving mode with a human backup driver at the wheel when it struck 49 - year - old Elaine Herzberg, police said.