Who's Steering That Forklift? Israel's 'Phantom' Knows
Jan 20, 2021 Phantom Auto’s systems remotely steer autonomous or semi-autonomous delivery robots, forklifts and yard trucks when human intervention is needed. By Brian Blum, ISRAEL21c Phantom Auto was all set to shake up the world of self-driving cars. The company, co-founded by Shai Magzimof, Ohad Dvir and Elliot Katz with headquarters in Silicon Valley and R&D in Tel Aviv, had identified a serious problem for the future of autonomous vehicles – if something went wrong, who would take the wheel? What if there wasn’t even a wheel to take? Phantom Auto’s solution: tele-operation, a cal...