Zoox recalls 105 robotaxis after one entered a smoke-covered fire scene
The software fix tests Jesse Levinson's ground-up autonomy bet as regulators press robotaxi operators to handle emergencies like human drivers.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: Engadget
Why it matters
Zoox controls the vehicle, software and fleet, so it can fix all 105 robotaxis centrally. That same ownership leaves Levinson's team fully accountable when the driving system misreads an emergency.
Jesse Levinson, Zoox's co-founder and chief technology officer, is confronting a weakness in the autonomous-driving system he has spent more than a decade building: heavy smoke obscured an active fire scene, and one of Zoox's driverless vehicles entered it.…
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