Investigating levels of remote operation in high-level on-road autonomous vehicles using operator sequence diagrams

Parr, Hannah; Harvey, Catherine; Burnett, Gary; Sharples, Sarah

Abstract

The continuing development of autonomous vehicle technology is making the presence of fully autonomous vehicles (SAE Level 5 of Driving Automation) on the road an ever more likely possibility. Similarly, regulation changes show countries are preparing for autonomous vehicles to increase their presence on public roads for both testing and use after sale. With this in mind, solutions to the problem of disengagement from the autonomous driving system by Level 5 vehicles, due to damage, operation outside of expected parameters or software failure among other reasons are being investigated including remote operation. This research aims to give evidence for the inclusion of remote operation into the autonomous driving and define the types of remote operation that may occur from existing literature. The four types of remote operation are Remote Monitoring, Remote Assistance, Remote Management and Remote Driving. Operator sequence diagrams are used to evaluate these types of remote operation in likely scenarios they may occur and draw conclusions about the role and the tasks the operator will be required to complete.

Citation

Parr, H., Harvey, C., Burnett, G., & Sharples, S. (2024). Investigating levels of remote operation in high-level on-road autonomous vehicles using operator sequence diagrams. Cognition, Technology and Work, 26, 207-223. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-024-00762-w

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 9, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Apr 23, 2024
• Publication Date: 2024-06
• Deposit Date: Apr 16, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 25, 2024
• Journal: Cognition, Technology and Work
• Print ISSN: 1435-5558
• Electronic ISSN: 1435-5566
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 26
• Pages: 207-223
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-024-00762-w
• Keywords: Autonomous Vehicles, Remote Operation, Operator Sequence Diagrams
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/33828393
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10111-024-00762-w