The information processing apparatus includes: a processor; and a memory having instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: performing communication with an external apparatus via a mobile communication network; performing determination of a strength of a received radio wave based on a current position of the vehicle and a radio wave intensity map, the received radio wave being a radio wave received by the vehicle, the radio wave intensity map indicating a radio wave intensity in the mobile communication network; and performing control according to at least one of a behavior of the vehicle and/or the communication of the vehicle based on a result of the determination.

Systems/techniques that facilitate semi-autonomous or pseudo-autonomous driving are provided. In various embodiments, a system onboard a vehicle can discover one or more computing devices that are physically remote from the vehicle but that are within electronic communication range of the vehicle. In various aspects, the system can establish a first remote control link between the vehicle and a first computing device of the one or more computing devices, such that steering, accelerating, or braking of the vehicle are operated autonomously or by a physical driver prior to establishment of the first remote control link, and such that the steering, accelerating, or braking of the vehicle are remotely operated by the first computing device after establishment of the first remote control link.

The present invention provides methods and systems for remote operation of a vehicle with the capability to deal with communications jitter and intermittency. In particular, the methods and systems herein may safely predict a remote operator's intent (e.g., remote pilot) over long time scales, and up to the lost link timeout T.sub.LL.

A mission management compute device is configured to assign each mission from a plurality of missions to an operator from a plurality of operators. Each operator from the plurality of operators is uniquely associated with at least two unmanned vehicles from a plurality of unmanned vehicles. A plurality of ground control compute devices is operatively coupled to the mission management compute device. Each ground control compute device from the plurality of ground control compute devices is uniquely associated with an operator from the plurality of operators and the at least two unmanned vehicles uniquely associated with that operator. The mission management compute device is configured to automatically determine that an operator from the plurality of operators cannot perform a mission from the at least two missions associated with that operator and automatically reassign the mission that cannot be performed by the operator in response.

A control device controls a moving body being a target of a remote operation performed by a remote operator. During the remote operation of the moving body, the control device performs a communication with a remote operator terminal on the remote operator side to receive remote operation information including a first operation amount caused by the remote operator. The control device acquires a delay amount of a communication from the remote operator terminal to the moving body based on a result of reception of the remote operation information. The control device executes a delay compensation process that compensates for a delay of the first operation amount based on the delay amount to calculate a first correction operation amount. The control device controls the moving body based on the first correction operation amount.

Embodiments of the disclosure provide for identification of zones for transitioning a vehicle from a beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) mode to a visual observer mode. Some embodiments receive a travel pathway for a vehicle and generate signal strength indications for the travel pathway based on the travel pathway and satellite-based positioning data from a remote computing environment. Some embodiments generate, based on the signal strength indications, a particular zone along the travel pathway associated with poor signal strength. Some embodiments generate, based on the signal strength indications and particular zone, a visual observer indication that indicates a position along the travel pathway at which a transition of the vehicle from a BVLOS mode to a visual observer mode is initiated. Some embodiments modify the travel pathway based on the visual observer indication and provide the modified travel pathway to a zone-remote control system that controls the vehicle.

A controller arrangement for controlling an industrial robot that includes a robot controller and a robot manipulator, the controller arrangement comprising: the robot controller; an external controller for the industrial robot; a wireless data link between the external controller and the industrial robot; and a quality of service (QOS) monitor configured to assign responsibility to the external controller while the QoS of the wireless data link is above a QoS threshold, and to the robot controller while the QoS is below the QoS threshold.

An intelligent device for autonomous navigation of a drone comprising a control unit arranged to communicate with a remote-control station by a wireless connection, acquire a mission route that the drone is arranged to follow to reach a desired destination, the mission route being defined by means of coordinates x.sub.m(t), y.sub.m(t), z.sub.m(t) with respect to a reference system S(x,y,z), periodically acquire values x.sub.d, y.sub.d, z.sub.d corresponding to the components of the spatial position, values v.sub.x, v.sub.y, v.sub.z corresponding to the components of the speed and values a.sub.x, a.sub.y, a.sub.z corresponding to the components of the acceleration. Furthermore, in the event that a predetermined kinematic condition occurs, the control unit is arranged to check the status of the wireless connection with the remote-control station and, in the event that the wireless connection is active, send an alarm signal to the remote-control station and wait a response time t.sub.r. [FIG. 1]

A work vehicle can automatically travel according to an instruction output from a first operation terminal. A setting processing unit of the work vehicle sets whether to include, in the automatic traveling permission condition for permitting automatic traveling, a condition in which the communication state between the operation terminal and the work vehicle is a connection state where communication between the operation terminal and the work vehicle is established.

An apparatus including an indicator and a video sensor arranged to generate sensor data dependent on a state of the indicator, control circuitry configured to select the state of the indicator, to process instructions received in the apparatus from a remote driving station, to provide to the remote driving station the sensor data and to at least one of: provide to the remote driving station an indication of the indicator's selected state to enable the remote driving station to detect a malfunction in the sensor data, and obtain an observation of the state of the indicator, based on the sensor data, and determine whether the observation and the selected state of the indicator are consistent, to detect a malfunction in the sensor data, wherein the apparatus is a remotely operated vehicle, or configured to be installed in one.