Abstract: A method in a control device of a remote driving station. The control device includes a manually operable input device having at least a first state and a second state, an input device control unit, and circuitry connecting the manually operable input device and the input device control unit. The method includes: determining whether the manually operable input device is in the first state, and responsive to a determination the manually operable input device is in the first state, abstaining from causing the vehicle to perform an emergency stop as a response to the manually operable input device; determining whether the manually operable input device is in the second state, and responsive to a determination the manually operable input device is in the second state, the second state being a released state, causing the vehicle to perform the emergency stop.

Abstract: A method including sending a challenge from a vehicle to a remote driving station, wherein the challenge causes an input device control unit to apply at least one output signal to a circuitry; receiving in the vehicle a response from the remote driving station, wherein the response indicates at least one input signal received by the input device control unit from the circuitry in response to the applied at least one output signal; and determining, by a vehicle control unit of the vehicle, at least one of the state of a manually operable input device and whether the circuitry is faulty based on the sent challenge and the received response.

Abstract: An apparatus including an indicator and a video sensor arranged to generate sensor data dependent on a state of the indicator, control circuitry configured to select the state of the indicator, to process instructions received in the apparatus from a remote driving station, to provide to the remote driving station the sensor data and to at least one of: provide to the remote driving station an indication of the indicator's selected state to enable the remote driving station to detect a malfunction in the sensor data, and obtain an observation of the state of the indicator, based on the sensor data, and determine whether the observation and the selected state of the indicator are consistent, to detect a malfunction in the sensor data, wherein the apparatus is a remotely operated vehicle, or configured to be installed in one.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus configured to store information of a first set of data items stored in a first vehicle, the data items of the first set being each assigned a respective priority value, obtain, for the first vehicle, a first set of future connectivity opportunities, each future connectivity opportunity comprising a future time and a location that the future connectivity opportunity is predicted to occur at, and send instructions to a vehicle application of the first vehicle, the instructions instructing the first vehicle to transmit at least one from among the first set of data items during at least one from among the first set of future connectivity opportunities.

Abstract: An apparatus including an indicator and a video sensor arranged to generate sensor data dependent on a state of the indicator, control circuitry configured to select the state of the indicator, to process instructions received in the apparatus from a remote driving station, to provide to the remote driving station the sensor data and to at least one of: provide to the remote driving station an indication of the indicator's selected state to enable the remote driving station to detect a malfunction in the sensor data, and obtain an observation of the state of the indicator, based on the sensor data, and determine whether the observation and the selected state of the indicator are consistent, to detect a malfunction in the sensor data, wherein the apparatus is a remotely operated vehicle, or configured to be installed in one.

Abstract: An apparatus including an indicator and a video sensor arranged to generate sensor data dependent on a state of the indicator, control circuitry configured to select the state of the indicator, to process instructions received in the apparatus from a remote driving station, to provide to the remote driving station the sensor data and to at least one of: provide to the remote driving station an indication of the indicator's selected state to enable the remote driving station to detect a malfunction in the sensor data, and obtain an observation of the state of the indicator, based on the sensor data, and determine whether the observation and the selected state of the indicator are consistent, to detect a malfunction in the sensor data, wherein the apparatus is a remotely operated vehicle, or configured to be installed in one.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of managing energy flow and freight transportation within a system. The system can include a plurality of mobile electric assets. The mobile electric assets can be self-propelled vehicles, non-self-propelled vehicles and non-vehicle electric assets. The management includes treating energy flow as a new dimension of a freight transportation system.

Abstract: A method including sending a challenge from the vehicle to a remote driving station, wherein the challenge causes an input device control unit to apply at least one output signal to a circuitry; receiving in a vehicle a response from the remote driving station, wherein the response indicates at least one input signal received by the input device control unit from the circuitry in response to the applied at least one output signal; and determining, by a vehicle control unit of the vehicle, at least one of the state of a manually operable input device and whether the circuitry is faulty based on the sent challenge and the received response.