"No Doubt. Driver Out!"

该项目将朝着实现完全无人驾驶自动化迈出关键一步-将所有人类操作员从自动驾驶汽车中移除。无论是在技术上还是在商业上，完全自动驾驶（SAE 4/5级）都需要无人驾驶操作，而无需持续的人类监督。该项目旨在解决复杂的过渡步骤，从目前的现场试验期间对车载安全驾驶员的依赖到没有车辆乘员的完全远程操作。它将为公共环境中的完全自主运营奠定基础，特别是在自主货物交付领域。该项目将由Oxbotica领导，其创新的自动驾驶软件已在伯明翰，牛津和伦敦的街道上进行了广泛的试验。我们的联盟还包括TRL，一个全球地面运输和移动创新中心，BSi，英国领先的国家标准机构，以及UKAEA-RACE，一个位于牛津郡卡勒姆的CCAV测试台，Oxbotica与之有着长期的合作关系。该项目延续了这些实体之间的成功合作伙伴关系，并引入了Ocado集团，总部位于英国的开创性在线杂货技术公司，作为未来的AV车队运营商。该项目有两个基本的创新途径-技术和安全保证。这些路径在实现完全远程操作和确保同等功能和操作安全方面同样重要。在技术方面，Oxbotica将开发全新的冗余监控和后备能力，这将允许自动驾驶汽车在没有实时人类监督的情况下运行。在安全保证方面，Oxbotica及其合作伙伴将开发新的运营和安全保证流程，以实现完全自主的试验。Oxbotica是第一个根据汽车自动驾驶安全标准PAS 1881进行审计的组织，并将改进其现有的基于PAS 1881的安全案例，以解决安全驾驶员的删除以及由此引入的系统安全问题。通过这个项目，Oxbotica及其行业领先的合作伙伴旨在延续其广泛的技术成就和行业领先的安全保证机制，并朝着真正的车辆自动化迈出关键的第一步。

This project will take a crucial step towards enabling fully driverless autonomy - the removal of all human operators from an autonomous vehicle. Full autonomy (SAE Level 4/5), both technically and commercially, necessitates driverless operation without constant human supervision. This project aims to tackle the complex transitory step from the current reliance during field trials on an in-vehicle safety driver to fully remote operation where there is no vehicle occupant. It will build the foundations of fully autonomous operations in public environments, specifically in the domain of autonomous goods delivery. The project will be led by Oxbotica, whose innovative autonomy software has been extensively trialled on the streets of Birmingham, Oxford and London in previous Innovate UK projects. Our consortium also includes TRL, a global centre for innovation in surface transport and mobility, BSi, the leading UK national standards body, and UKAEA-RACE, a CCAV test bed in Culham, Oxfordshire, with which Oxbotica has a longstanding relationship. The project continues a successful partnership between these entities and introduces Ocado Group, UK based pioneering online grocery technology company, as a future AV fleet operator. The project has two essential paths of innovation - technical and safety assurance. These paths are of equal importance, both in achieving fully remote operation and in ensuring equivalent functional and operational safety. On the technical path, Oxbotica will be developing brand new redundant monitoring and fallback capabilities, which will allow an autonomous vehicle to run without real-time human supervision. On the safety assurance path, Oxbotica and its partners will develop new operational and safety assurance processes that will enable fully autonomous trials to be conducted. Oxbotica holds the distinction of being the first organisation to be audited against vehicle autonomy safety standard PAS1881, and will also refine its existing PAS1881-based safety case to address the removal of the safety driver, and the systems safety questions this introduces. With this project, Oxbotica and its industry-leading partners aim to continue their extensive history of technical achievement and industry-leading safety assurance mechanisms, and to take those first crucial steps towards true vehicle autonomy.