Workshop on Remote Operation of Road Vehicles
Workshop location: Detroit, MI, United States
Remote operation – or teleoperation – of road vehicles is emerging globally as a critical enabler for safe, robustness, and scalable deployment of vehicle automation, as well as covering the shortage of drivers. In this context, remote operation refers to a case where a human remote operator located outside the vehicle supports operation of the vehicle remotely in situations when the vehicle reaches its operational limits.
In recent years, we have seen deployment of autonomous vehicles (AVs) on public roads as robotaxi services, where the operation of robotaxis is often supported by remote operations to ensure safe operation of the AVs. For non-automated vehicles, remote operation is, e.g., used in the context of delivering vehicles to customers via remote driving.
While technical developments have advanced through several field tests and research projects, there are several remaining research challenges related to deployment of remote operations.
Therefore, this workshop intends to serve as a common research arena to initiate multi-disciplinary discussions on different components around remote operation of road vehicles.
This will be the sixth workshop in the series following workshops on the same topic organized since IV 2021. The workshop will include invited presentations, workshop paper presentations, and a panel discussion.
Workshop program
Time | Program |
|---|---|
09:00 - 09:10 | Introduction |
09:10 - 09:40 | To be determined |
09:40 - 10:00 | Workshop paper presentation – “Evaluation of Predictor-Based Delay Compensation in Remote Driving: A Human-In-The-Loop Study” – Lin Zhao (KTH) |
10:00 - 10:20 | Paper presentation – “What Do You Sense? Multimodal Feedback for Vehicle Teleoperation in Unstructured Environments” – Richard Taupitz (TUM) |
10:20 - 10:40 | "A matter of perspective? The interplay of camera perspective and augmentation for remote assistance of highly automated vehicles" - Andreas Schrank (DLR) |
10:40 - 11:00 | Break |
11:00 - 11:20 | "The required feedback and the learning rate in low-speed remote driving scenarios" – Georgios Papaioannou (TU Delft) |
11.20 - 11.40 | Overview of ongoing research projects – “DREAM” & “RemoteReadyMove” (presentation by VTI & DLR) |
11:40 - 12:00 | Panel discussion |
The workshop and tutorial papers will be peer-reviewed in accordance with IEEE regulations and published in IEEE Xplore as part of the IEEE IV Workshops Proceedings, which are separate from the main IEEE IV Proceedings.
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The submission deadline is on January 30, 2026.
We welcome and encourage submissions of workshop papers related to remote operation of road vehicles under different topics, which includes, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Connectivity challenges in road vehicle remote operation
- Human factors in road vehicle remote operation
- Human-machine interface for the remote operation of road vehicles
- Standards, laws, and regulations related to remote operation of road vehicles
- Vehicle design and technology to support remote operation of road vehicles
- Remote operation of connected and automated road vehicles
- System architecture for remote operation of road vehicles
- Scalability and fleet management (strategies, system architectures, and human-AI teaming that enable efficient, reliable, and scalable supervision and control of multiple vehicles)
The expected length of the paper is 6 pages in IEEE conference format. A maximum of 8 pages is allowed (2 extra pages with additional page charges). Please follow submission guidelines below.
- Prepare the paper according to the guideline Manuscript Preparation
- Visit the submission page
- Choose “Submit a contribution to IV 2026”
- Type of submission: Workshop paper
- Use the workshop code: 6jd4i
Date: Monday, 22 of June, 2026 in conjunction with the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium.
Place: Detroit, MI, United States.
Important Dates 2026
- Workshop Papers Submission Deadline: January 30, 2026
- Workshop Papers Acceptance Notification: February 28, 2025
- Workshop Papers Final Submission: March 15, 2026
- Workshop day: June 22, 2026
Organisers
- Maytheewat Aramrattana (VTI, Sweden)
- Andreas Schrank (DLR, Germany)
- Frank Diermeyer (TUM, Germany)
- Michael Oehl (DLR, Germany)
- Sanat Mharolkar (NTU, Singapore)
- Yanbin Wu (AIST, Japan)
- Ole Hans (Vay Technology GmbH, Germany)
- Marek Vanzura (Autinno, Czech Republic)
- Bengt Escher (CARISSMA/THI, Germany)
- Andreas Riener (THI, Germany)
Contact
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Maytheewat Aramrattana
Senior Researcher
maytheewat.aramrattana@vti.se -
Jonas Jansson
Head of research
jonas.jansson@vti.se