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• Capable of driving without aid of an operator– Equipped with an autopilot

• Sorts– Fully autonomous

• Drives itself to a pre-set target using unmodified infrastructure

– Prebuilt infrastructure• Transport within a defined campus area or driving along a stretch of motorway

– Driver-assistance• Gadgets that assist human drivers in one way or another• Probably serve as components of any future driverless car

• Fully autonomous– Google driverless car– EUREKA Prometheus Project

• Prebuilt infrastructure– Automated highway systems– Free-ranging on grid

• Driver-assistance– Lane Departure Warning System– ABS

• Understand its immediate environment – Sensors

• Know where it is and where it wants to go– Navigation

• Find its way in the traffic– Motion planning

• Operate the mechanics of the vehicle – Actuation

EUREKA Prometheus ProjectGoogle driverless car

Free-ranging on grid