Category: 8. Autonomous Cars

What seemed like a luxury in the last century has now become necessity. Similarly, though automated vehicles may appear to be a luxury and a not-needed technology to some, they have the potential to radically change the lives of people around the world. There are some major challenges to bring this technology into existence. One…

The term safe state paints a picture of being secure, sheltered and guarded in one’s mind. To someone else it might be be associated with low-risk. Thus, the term safe state is a relative concept and debatable, and necessary guidelines have to be framed. The ISO26262 standard said that an arrangement or operating mode of a…

Autonomous vehicles constantly interact with other road users which include pedestrians, bicyclists, and human or automated drivers. These inter actions are governed by programmes and the order of importance given to the programmes by the programmers. The vehicle, just like any human driver, comes across a wide range of scenarios. From day to day common…

Introduction Autonomous driving has recently garnered the attention of the media due to declaration of success by car makers, system partners and companies. Autonomous driving is synonymous with a concept from science fiction in many minds. Defining the term autonomous driving may help in establishing a more realistic picture of the developments that have to…