Autonomous Vehicles: Revolutionizing the Future of Transportation
Autonomous vehicles, often referred to as self-driving or driverless cars, represent one of the most transformative innovations in modern transportation. These vehicles use advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), sensors, radar, LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), and computer vision to navigate and operate without direct human input. The goal of autonomous vehicles is to improve road safety, reduce human error, and increase transportation efficiency.
Autonomous vehicles operate through a combination of perception, decision-making, and control systems. The perception system gathers information from the environment using cameras and sensors to detect road signs, obstacles, pedestrians, and other vehicles. The decision-making algorithms process this data to determine the safest and most efficient driving actions, while the control system executes these actions by steering, accelerating, or braking the vehicle.
The development of autonomous vehicles is categorized into six levels of automation, defined…