VEHICLES
BECOMING
AUTONOMOUS
Source: www.theverge.com
W
ith the passage of time,
by every human being. So autonomous
Detection, And Ranging), on the other
almost all the commodi-
cars have come into being as a result of
hand, is a surveying technology that
ties have become auto-
the higher demand. An autonomous car
measures distance by illuminating
mated. They spread over
which also goes by the names such as a
the target with a laser light.Global
a huge range varying from a simple
driverless car, self-driving car or robotic
Positioning System (GPS) provides loca-
toothbrush used in our houses to a robot
car is a vehicle that has the capability
tion and time information in all weather
in a factory. Now a day more interest is
of sensing its environment and navigate
conditions, using a global navigation
directed towards modes of automated
without human input.
satellite system. Use of data from motion
transportation.
Several techniques such as RADAR,
sensors to estimate the change in posi-
Vehicles are one of the most wanted and
LIDAR, GPS, odometry and computer
tion over time describes odometry.
most used commodities in every country
vision are used to detect the surround-
Computer vision is a field that includes
ings in the vehi-
methods for acquiring, processing, ana-
cles.
lyzing and understanding images.
RADAR (Radio
Above phenomena collaborate with the
Detection And
objective of detecting obstacles and
Ranging) is an
appropriate paths to move the vehicles
object detection
safely. Control systems are embedded
system that uses
inside the vehicles so that they will be
radio waves to
capable of analyzing sensory data to
determine the
distinguish between cars on the road and
range, angle or
other obstacles which will play a major
velocity of the
role in planning a path to the desired
object. LIDAR
destination.
(Light Imaging,
A glimpse of autonomous cars surfaced
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