SELF DRIVING
WHAT IS A SELF-DRIVING CAR?
Self-driving car is a vehicle
that uses a combination of
sensors, cameras, radar and
artificial intelligence (AI) to
travel between destinations
without a human operator
HOW DOES IT FUNCTION?
To perceive visual
surroundings, most self-
driving cars have some
combination of three visual
systems: video cameras,
radar and lidar.
They require all three where AIs The AI synthesizes the
require visual cameras and data from these
deep learning software to different systems to
interpret objects like street fully map out its
lights and stop signs, and radar surroundings and
which catches most obstacles watch out for
instantly, unexpected obstacles.
SELF DRIVING
It is said that we’re only a
couple years away from
a utopian society where
Most, though not all,
cars will navigate and
governments won’t
park by themselves, and allow cars to drive
accidents become a without a human
rarity. seated behind the
wheel.
WHY ARE SELF-DRIVING CARS MORE
KNOWN?
So companies have invested an estimated $80 billion and
years of work into this technology? Why?
Pretty much every major
car company has
developed or
implemented some kind
of autopilot technology
into their cars. Not having
that tech available could
make a brand look out of
date.
WHY DO WE NEED SELF-DRIVING CARS?
Our roads will be safer
For people of age or
physical impairment.
We’ll be more productive
We’ll move more efficiently
We can save money
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
A report was issued
Ride-sharing
one day after Uber
services like Uber
announced it was
and Lyft, plan to
shutting down its
make their taxis
self-driving car
driverless, which
program in Arizona
would mean not
Since it struck a
having to pay
pedestrian who later
human drivers.
died of her injuries,
THE LAW
While self-driving car
companies have convinced
many state and national
governments to let them test
their AIs on public roads,
nearly all governments strictly
limit the cars from driving
outside of testing tracks, with
only a few exceptions.
WHO USES SELF-DRIVING CARS?
Ford, GM, Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen, Nissan, Volvo, BMW,
Apple, Google, Uber and more—have been working on driverless
cars for years, often in collaboration with components providers
like Nvidia and Intel.
Google has developed a Google Chauffeur software, which the
company hopes to bring to market by 2020.
ABOUT THE SELF-DRIVING CARS
The sensors are always observing, and are not affected by the
state of the driver (sleepy, angry, etc.), and can scan in
multiple directions simultaneously
They have connectivity which means cars have access to the
latest traffic, weather, surface conditions, construction, maps,
adjacent cars, and road infrastructure
Data is used to monitor a car’s surrounding operating
environment to anticipate braking or avoid hazardous
conditions.
Facts:
Recent NHTSA research shows that approximately 94% of
accidents are caused by human error
