Citations:frozen robot syndrome

English citations of frozen robot syndrome

• 2018 February 7, Steven Goodridge, “Autonomous Driving and Collision Avoidance Technology”, in BikeWalk, North Carolina:

  When encountering a situation that seems uncertain, it’s best for an autonomous vehicle to err on the side of caution and stop, even if it doesn’t know how or when start again, as in the wheelchair video. This condition, dubbed “Frozen Robot Syndrome,” may hinder the adoption of autonomous cars and/or encourage incorporation of remote teleoperation capability as a fallback, but is an essential failsafe.

• 2019 October 16, Tim Hanlon, “Driverless cars may be halted by seagulls causing 'frozen robot syndrome'”, in The Daily Star:

  Driverless cars could be stopped in their tracks by dive-bombing seagulls triggering “frozen robot syndrome”, a new report claims.

• 2019 October 20, Jonathan Bouquet, “May I have a word about… frozen robot syndrome”, in The Guardian:

  So I was delighted by a new one last week – frozen robot syndrome.

• 2019 October 31, Lucette Mascini, “‘Ordinary person will never be able to afford their own, fully self-driving car’”, in Innovation Origins:

  The British Law Commission announced last week that its research has shown that autonomous vehicles suffer from so-called ‘frozen robot syndrome‘.