This is a ground breaking book by industry thought leader and global AI expert, Dr. Lance Eliot, and is based on his popular AI Insider series and podcasts. This fascinating book provides next wave advances for the advent of AI self-driving driverless cars. Included too are keen insights about the practical application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machines Learning (ML).
When human drivers let intelligent software take the wheel: the beginning of a new era in personal mobility. “Smart, wide-ranging, [and] nontechnical.” —Los Angeles Times “Anyone who wants to understand what's coming must read this fascinating book.” —Martin Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Robots In the year 2014, Google fired a shot heard all the way to Detroit. Google's newest driverless car had no steering wheel and no brakes. The message was clear: cars of the future will be born fully autonomous, with no human driver needed. In the coming decade, self-driving cars will hit the streets, rearranging established industries and reshaping cities, giving us new choices in where we live and how we work and play. In this book, Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman offer readers insight into the risks and benefits of driverless cars and a lucid and engaging explanation of the enabling technology. Recent advances in software and robotics are toppling long-standing technological barriers that for decades have confined self-driving cars to the realm of fantasy. A new kind of artificial intelligence software called deep learning gives cars rapid and accurate visual perception. Human drivers can relax and take their eyes off the road. When human drivers let intelligent software take the wheel, driverless cars will offer billions of people all over the world a safer, cleaner, and more convenient mode of transportation. Although the technology is nearly ready, car companies and policy makers may not be. The authors make a compelling case for why government, industry, and consumers need to work together to make the development of driverless cars our society's next “Apollo moment.”
With the advent of advanced technologies in AI, driverless vehicles have elevated curiosity among various sectors of society. The automotive industry is in a technological boom with autonomous vehicle concepts. Autonomous driving is one of the crucial application areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Autonomous vehicles are armed with sensors, radars, and cameras. This made driverless technology possible in many parts of the world. In short, our traditional vehicle driving may swing to driverless technology. Many researchers are trying to come out with novel AI algorithms that are capable of handling driverless technology. The current existing algorithms are not able to support and elevate the concept of autonomous vehicles. This addresses the necessity of novel methods and tools focused to design and develop frameworks for autonomous vehicles. There is a great demand for energy-efficient solutions for managing the data collected with the help of sensors. These operations are exclusively focused on non-traditional programming approaches and depend on machine learning techniques, which are part of AI. There are multiple issues that AI needs to resolve for us to achieve a reliable and safe driverless technology. The purpose of this book is to find effective solutions to make autonomous vehicles a reality, presenting their challenges and endeavors. The major contribution of this book is to provide a bundle of AI solutions for driverless technology that can offer a safe, clean, and more convenient riskless mode of transportation.
Based on their systems expertise and their state-of-the-art research, the authors of this outstanding book explore practical and forward-thinking aspects about the emergence of driverless self-driving cars. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning are explored as a key to breakthroughs for self-driving car high-tech innovations. In addition, the authors cover the business, economic, and societal considerations about these autonomous vehicles. This duo has combined their key talents into a vital book packed with new insights and transformational ideas.
Top expert Dr. Lance B. Eliot provides the latest new insights about AI Autonomous Vehicles (AV) that are emerging as driverless self-driving cars and are progressively appearing on our roadways and byways. Vital issues he addresses include present and future technological advances, societal readiness, business aspects, economic considerations, and other ramifications about how this disruptive innovation will transform the world. Referred to as the "AI Insider" and currently serving as the Executive Director of the Cybernetic Self-Driving Car Institute for Techbrium Inc., he provides a no-holds-barred analysis of how Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are both a strength and a potential weakness in the effort toward developing true SAE Level 5 self-driving cars.
"Author Fallon presents a history of how the technology used in self-driving cars has developed, identifies recent technological gains, and surveys recent controversies surrounding the potential mass adoption of self-driving cars."--Provided by publisher.
A computer beats the reigning human champion of Go, a game harder than chess. Another is composing classical music. Labs are creating life-forms from synthetic DNA. A doctor designs an artificial trachea, uses a 3D printer to produce it, and implants it and saves a child's life. Astonishing technological advances like these are arriving in increasing numbers. Scholar and entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa uses this book to alert us to dozens of them and raise important questions about what they may mean for us. Breakthroughs such as personalized genomics, self-driving vehicles, drones, and artificial intelligence could make our lives healthier, safer, and easier. But the same technologies raise the specter of a frightening, alienating future: eugenics, a jobless economy, complete loss of privacy, and ever-worsening economic inequality. As Wadhwa puts it, our choices will determine if our future is Star Trek or Mad Max. Wadhwa offers us three questions to ask about every emerging technology: Does it have the potential to benefit everyone equally? What are its risks and rewards? And does it promote autonomy or dependence? Looking at a broad array of advances in this light, he emphasizes that the future is up to us to create—that even if our hands are not on the wheel, we will decide the driverless car's destination.
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES The companion to Autonomous Vehicles Volume 1: Using Machine Intelligence, this second volume in the two-volume set covers intelligent techniques utilized for designing, controlling, and managing vehicular systems based on advanced algorithms of computing like machine learning, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and Internet of Things (IoT) with prediction approaches to avoid accidental damages, security threats, and theft. Besides communicating with other vehicles, self-driving cars connected to a 5G network will also be able to communicate with different infrastructure elements that make up our roads and other transportation and communication systems. Similarly, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board, can operate under remote control by a human operator, as a remotely-piloted aircraft (RPA), or with various degrees of autonomy. These include autopilot assistance and fully autonomous aircraft that have no provision for human intervention. Transportation is a necessary, but often painful process. With fully autonomous driving, passengers will be freed to accomplish their own goals, turning the dead hours of driving into fruitful hours of learning, working, engaging, and relaxing. Similarly, UAVs can perform functions that human-operated aircraft cannot, whether because of the environment or high-risk situations. The purpose of the book is to present the needs, designs, and applications of autonomous vehicles. The topics covered range from mechanical engineering to computer science engineering, both areas playing vital roles in programming, managing, generating alerts, and GPS position, artificial intelligence-based prediction of path and events, as well as other high-tech tools, are covered in this book, as well. Whether for the student, veteran engineer, or another industry professional, this book, and its companion volume, are must-haves for any library.
No longer a part of science fiction, self-driving cars are a reality. Is there an object blocking the way? Sensors will see it and apply the brakes. Drifting out of a lane? The car will steer you back. Complex computer systems continually monitor data and act. Take readers on journey through the technology currently in self-driving cars and where engineers want to go in the future.
What Is Self Driving Car A car that incorporates vehicular automation is referred to as a self-driving car, autonomous vehicle (AV), autonomous car, driver-less car, or robotic car (robo-car). This refers to a ground vehicle that is capable of sensing its surroundings and moving safely with little or no input from a human driver. Other names for a self-driving car include driver-less car, robotic car (robo-car), and autonomous vehicle (AV). How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Self-driving car Chapter 2: Vehicular automation Chapter 3: Velodyne Lidar Chapter 4: Waymo Chapter 5: Mobileye Chapter 6: History of self-driving cars Chapter 7: Apple electric car project Chapter 8: Robotaxi Chapter 9: Tesla Autopilot Chapter 10: Ottomotto Chapter 11: Anthony Levandowski Chapter 12: Self-driving car liability Chapter 13: kar-go Chapter 14: Cruise (autonomous vehicle) Chapter 15: Lane centering Chapter 16: Self-driving truck Chapter 17: Yandex self-driving car Chapter 18: Criticism of Tesla, Inc. Chapter 19: Aurora Innovation Chapter 20: Impact of self-driving cars Chapter 21: Woven Planet Holdings (II) Answering the public top questions about self driving car. (III) Real world examples for the usage of self driving car in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of self driving car' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of self driving car.
