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New research on situation awareness in remotely-operated vehicles

A new article from RHUL researchers, Clare Mutzenich, Professor Polly Dalton and Dr. Szonya Durant together with Dr Shaun Helman (TRL), discusses how to improve situation awareness in remote operators of automated vehicles

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    “...is finding an explanation for the way we see things and interact with today’s world.”