"No Doubt. Driver Out!"

该项目将向实现完全无人驾驶迈出关键的一步--从自动驾驶车辆中移除所有人类操作员。完全自主(SAE 4/5级)，无论在技术上还是在商业上，都需要在没有持续人工监督的情况下进行无人驾驶操作。该项目旨在解决目前在现场试验期间对车载安全驾驶员的依赖到完全远程操作(没有车辆乘员)这一复杂的过渡步骤。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，在之前的Innovate UK项目中，Oxbotica的创新自主软件已经在伯明翰、牛津和伦敦的街道上进行了广泛的试验。我们的联合体还包括全球水陆运输和机动性创新中心TRL、领先的英国国家标准机构BSI和位于牛津郡库勒姆的CCAV试验台UKAEA-RACE，Oxbotica与该试验台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，并引入了总部位于英国的开创性在线杂货技术公司Ocado Group，作为未来的AV机队运营商。该项目有两条重要的创新路径--技术和安全保障。无论是在实现完全远程操作方面，还是在确保同等的功能和操作安全方面，这些路径都同样重要。在技术路线上，Oxbotica将开发全新的冗余监控和后备能力，这将使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程序，使完全自主的试验得以进行。Oxbotica是第一个根据车辆自动驾驶安全标准PAS1881进行审计的组织，并将完善其现有的基于PAS1881的安全案例，以解决移除安全驾驶员以及由此带来的系统安全问题。通过这个项目，Oxbotica及其行业领先的合作伙伴致力于继续他们在技术成就和行业领先的安全保障机制方面的广泛历史，并朝着真正的车辆自动驾驶迈出关键的第一步。

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.