Zoox issues software recall after robotaxi drives into heavy smoke in…

Zoox issued a software recall after one of its robotaxis drove into heavy smoke in Las Vegas, indicating a sensor or decision-making failure in adverse visibility conditions. The incident reveals a gap in autonomous vehicle perception systems when facing real-world environmental hazards. If you're building sensor fusion or decision-making software for autonomous vehicles, smoke and low-visibility scenarios are now a known failure mode that regulators will expect you to handle. Your testing matrix just got tighter.