Amazon-owned Zoox issues recall following robotaxi crash

Amazon -owned autonomous vehicles paused for more than a week at the zoo, and after the accident on Las Vegas, a volunteer recovery of its software after the accident, according to the company and a filing to the federal security regulators.

The crash on April 8, in which an unconscious zoos are involved in the car and a passenger car, the company persuades to issue a recovery for about 270 vehicles decorated in a specific version of its automatic driving system. According to the zoo, the recovery number does not reflect the full fleet size. This recovery was issued due to anxiety that self-driving software was incorrectly predicted to the movement of other vehicles and increase the risk of crash.

The agency said no injuries were reported and both vehicles were slightly damaged. The accident happened after a passenger vehicle reached the lane from a quick commercial driveway where the purpose-built Robotuxi was traveling, The zooThe The zoo car, which incorrectly predicted that the passenger car would move forward, slowed and was driven to the right. Instead, “the car came to a stop, completely yields the robotux in the zoo and is in the shoulder lane,” according to the company. The company wrote in his blog post, “The zoo robotuxi has strictly breaks, but communication was inevitable.”

The zoo says that it is April 8 – Crash Day – All drivers have paused and launched an internal review. Accordingly the operations were resumed after the release of a software update at all zoo on April 17 Report To the National Highway Traffic Protection Administration.

Crash and volunteer recovery comes with the zoo pressing to launch a commercial robotaxi service in Las Vegas. A spokesman for a company confirmed that the zoo is still planning to launch the service later this year.

The company is examining its self-driving system in Toyota Highlanders and its custom-Bilt Robotaxis, which does not have steering wheels or paddles in different cities, especially along the Las Vegas Strip and some San Francisco. Earlier this year, employees, media and other tested guests were allowed at the zoo Try serviceThe The company is also experimenting with highlander with human security operators on the back of the wheel.

This is the second zoo to recover this year. In March, the company Issued a voluntary recovery Its autonomous driving system problems for 258 vehicles that can cause unexpected hard breaking.

Last year, NHTSA operated a Preliminary investigation Motorcycle drivers clashed in the back of Toyota Highlanders at the zoo after receiving reports of two incidents in the company. Preliminary investigation showed that in both cases the zoo vehicles are working by employing their autonomous systems.