Autonomous Cars: Self driving cars technology explained

Remember that dream we all had when we were kids about riding around in our own self driving car? The vehicle would drop us off wherever we needed to go and then head back into the distance as we sat inside… playing games, catching up on sleep, or just using it as time to catch up with a good book. 

If you think about what it would be like to live in a world with self-driving cars, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by how different things could be. These cars do not have drivers behind the wheel, so their impact on the world could be tremendous. In big cities, there could be less traffic, since the cars can drive closer together.

In rural areas, self-driving cars could be the only way to get around, since there is not enough demand for public transit. Likely, these cars will soon be a normal sight on the open road!

Driverless cars will change the way we travel – but what do they mean for the future? Let’s take a look!

What are self driving cars?

A self driving car is like a superhero. It’s not like any other kind of car because it has advanced technologies and sensors that allow it to see more than ordinary drivers. This technology enables the car to identify environmental changes such as stoplights, pedestrians, etc., and ensure that it restores safe speed or distance between you and them.

Automated vehicles can sense and analyze their surrounding environment, navigating through it without the need for human intervention, supervised by remote control. Although not ready for mass adoption yet, some companies have already begun developing technology for self-driving cars.

Driver Support and Autonomous System

Driver Support Technology can make your life easier. Nowadays, most automobiles adopt this technology as assistance for their drivers and it’s really easy to recognize a car with these functionalities.

Intelligent or Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane-Keeping Assistance and Hands-Free Capability are some of the core elements. Every Tesla model has already been implemented to ensure safety during traveling.

Automakers and tech giants are pushing new innovations in the drive-by technology space. These include self-sufficient cars that do not require human intervention, at least not on a car’s route to a destination. For example, Google’s Waymo is managing this goal through an R&D effort. 

Can you trust a self driving car?

Self-driving is still in the process of being implemented. We know some enthusiasts are getting impatient and we realize that we say it’s not ready to be used all day, every day, 24/7. However, we have to reiterate that you do need to maintain an attentive focus on the car at all times should anything unexpected come up while you’re traveling. 

If you really must rest and need to put your hands on your lap a few more minutes than normal, go ahead, but as soon as something goes wrong – let us remind you that it’s best to start holding onto the steering wheel immediately and apply brakes if necessary!

Cars with self driving features

For example, many car companies, like Mercedes-Benz, have been incorporating new self-driving technology to help make driving safe and easier. Self-driving cars make use of a range of technologies, including GPS signals and radar to automatically find ideal paths to certain destinations and driver alerts if the cars get too close to one another or an object in front of it. 

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Waymo was originally part of a Google project to collaborate with carmakers to create autonomous vehicles. Today Waymo is turning into a fully-fledged company that produces things like self-driving truck platoons and driverless cars (hence the name). Although Waymo has been in existence since 2009, it didn’t produce its first semi-autonomous vehicle until 2015.

The following year, way back in 2016, one of these Waymo cars drove itself over 300 miles on public roads with zero human intervention. This was also the year when Waymo launched its first commercial pilot program and started testing its self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans on public roads in Phoenix without a person behind the wheel!

Will self driving cars take over?

It’s nearly impossible with the amount of information we currently have available to say definitively whether autonomous vehicles will completely replace human-driven cars in the future.

However, we can predict for certain that there has been a drastic progression in technology that allows these vehicles to engage in normal driving routines and thus get around without professional drivers remotely taking charge. 

Technology is constantly evolving now so it will be interesting to see what this trend toward more autonomous vehicles looks like should the demand for them increase over time as well!