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A robotaxi that still needs remote human help loses the cost advantage that motivated it, which pushes out when it can scale.
Drawn from what Rodney Brooks and Timothy B. Lee said
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Robotics researcher, emeritus professor at MIT and former…
Their wordsSystems which do require remote operations assistance to get full reliability cut into that economic advantage and have a higher burden on their ROI calculations to make a business case for their adoption and therefore their time horizon to scaling across geographies.
Where this was said
↗Predictions Scorecard, 2026 January 01rodneybrooks.com
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Journalist with a computer science master's degree who has…
Their wordsIf Waymo vehicles were constantly asking for remote guidance, Waymo might need to hire so many remote operators that it negates the cost savings that come from not needing a driver.
Where this was said
↗On self driving, Waymo is playing chess while Tesla plays checkersunderstandingai.org
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