The Future of Autonomous Vehicles

AV also known as all a self-driving car and the concept of such vehicle has been discussed for several years now. What was once only in futuristic movies and television shows is now about to be trialed out by many of the biggest technology companies and auto makers worldwide. Automated cars are considered a dream comes true for many because everyone dreams of getting into a car, typing the destination and then get a seat back and relax while the car takes the role of both the driver and the mapper on its own. However how near are we to fully automated cars where cars drive by themselves without any adjuration from a human being? Well let me explain what is an autonomous vehicles right now where we are what challenges lies ahead to reach the fully automate vehicles.

Self-driving cars employ the following technologies; sensor system, AI, ML, and instant information processing for driving with no attendant human influence. These vehicles usually rely on sensors like radar, LiDAR (light detection and ranging), cameras and GPS to feel their environment and respond. For instance a self-driven car is capable of identifying other vehicles, fellow human beings, traffic signals as well as road sign-posts and will automatically self-adjust the speed and direction it is going to take.

Today’s AV systems are mostly sophisticated, and incorporate machine learning algorithms that adapt as the system accumulates data on performance gathered through millions of miles on the road. All of these vehicles get smarter with every drive and are capable of dealing with complicated scenarios like entry onto the highways, narrow city roads and even objects on the roads. The aim is to design a vehicle capable of performing as has a human driver or even better under any situation.