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Technical Report of the Working Group “Research Needs in Teleoperation” (BASt F 166b)
Contribution
The report distinguishes providing information to a vehicle from directly controlling its movement. It helps frame research into teleoperation.
The report describes the legal position at the time of its preparation. It does not confirm the current permissibility of remote driving.
Editorial basis
Abstract of the English F 166b edition available in the BASt repository search record; the full text was inaccessible during this check. Basis checked: 7 September 2026. The contribution is a ROAT editorial summary.
Publication background ↗- Legal state as of
- Not recorded
- Last source check
- 2026-07-31
- Verification scope
- Verification scope is not recorded. A catalogue check date does not establish a complete review of the legal position.
The link leads to the English F 166b PDF. The official repository gives 2025 as the publication year; the exact day is unverified. The German F 166a DOI does not identify the English report.
- Record provenance
- Published source library
- Organisation
- Working Group “Research Needs in Teleoperation”; coordination: Tom Michael Gasser; Alexander Frey
- Jurisdiction
- Germany
- Publication date
- 2025
- Legal status
- Not applicable
- Summary
- An official BASt working-group report sets out a comprehensive research agenda for remote assistance and remote driving, covering functional safety, control centres, communications, teleoperator workstations, competence requirements, acceptance and road safety.
- Význam
- It supplies a rigorous conceptual distinction between assistance and direct remote control and demonstrates that safe teleoperation requires coordinated regulation of technology, communications, human performance, organisational responsibilities and the permitted operational area.
- Citation
- Working Group “Research Needs in Teleoperation” (2025), Technical report of the working group “Research Needs in Teleoperation”, BASt, Vehicle Technology, F 166b, English edition.
- Recorded review date
- 2026-07-31
- Official source
- https://bast.opus.hbz-nrw.de/files/3155/Report%2BF166b%2BEnglish%2Bversion.pdf
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