“Teleoperation is set to be a key technology to accelerate the adoption of autonomous driving and improve fleet management in urban environments”
We are working on teleoperation solutions, a key development for autonomous and shared mobility
At TECNALIA, we are working on technological solutions that will enable us to move towards a more efficient, sustainable and accessible mobility model. Teleoperation is set to be a key technology to accelerate the adoption of autonomous driving and improve fleet management in urban environments.
The urban vehicle of the future will be electric, connected, autonomous and shared. This model offers huge advantages in terms of efficiency, flexibility and sustainability, enabling premium mobility services at lower costs. However, fully autonomous driving still faces technological and regulatory challenges that hinder its mass deployment in complex urban environments.
The future of smart mobility
To fill this technological gap, TECNALIA is developing hybrid teleoperation solutions with autonomous driving at different levels. Remote driving enables a single operator to sequentially control multiple vehicles from an ergonomic and secure operations centre, optimising urban mobility.
In this respect, teleoperation is set to be a key development for the future of smart mobility in several areas.
- Car Sharing fleet management: teleoperation increases availability and optimises the logistics of shared vehicles, reducing costs and improving the user experience. Vehicles can be strategically positioned according to demand thanks to artificial intelligence algorithms.
- Optimisation in bus depots: the internal logistics of bus movements can be automated for maintenance, cleaning and reloading, freeing up driver time and increasing operational efficiency.
- Platooning: we are working with CRISALION MOBILITY to combine teleoperation with automatic convoy training, enabling a single teleoperator to manage multiple vehicles in synchronisation.
Driving the future of mobility
We want to highlight the potential of teleoperation as a nuclear technology, where its function is known as "remote driving", or as a backup mechanism for autonomous driving systems, in which teleoperation becomes known as "remote assistance". Teleassistance is therefore a very powerful mechanism to solve eventualities that even AI will not be able to deal with and contribute to the deployment of automated driving systems in a virtuous cycle of positive feedback. For this reason, TECNALIA is confident about the potential of teleoperation, not only for its value today, but also as an enabler and enhancer of automated driving in the future.
