John Krafcik, the former CEO of the robotaxi company Waymo from 2015-2021, knows a thing or two about the driverless vehicle ...

A key insight is that AR may be used such that a teleoperator controls a virtual robot surrogate, rather than directly operating the robot itself, providing the user with foresight regarding where the ...

Perhaps most notably, Tesla envisions using a remote teleoperator as an initial safety measure. That’s right—these “robotaxis” will have a human on standby as a safety backup to take ...

This is made possible by using motion capture cameras to track markers placed on the teleoperator’s back, shoulders, elbows, and handheld paws, corresponding to similar points on the robot.

Axelrod did not respond to a request for comment. "Tesla believes it would be reasonable to assume some type of teleoperator would be needed at least initially for safety/redundancy purposes," the ...