Autonomous Vehicles: The Future of Transportation

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Abstract Autonomous vehicles are anticipated to be the future of automobile transportation which is efficient safe and cost effective, several automobile companies have put their foot in the vast segment of autonomous vehicles and are currently working towards manufacturing driverless vehicles. From Internet giant Google Inc. to major Automobile manufacturing companies like BMW, Mercedes, Toyota, Tesla motors and world’s largest Taxi firm Uber, all major and minor companies are putting a foot in this extremely vast and amazingly innovative segment in the automotive world. Autonomous Vehicles has already become a reality and very soon Autonomous cars and bikes will hit the streets. The basic aim of this invention or development is to ease the efforts of the passengers and drivers, by taking full or partial control of the vehicle and transporting them from one place to other without letting them put a finger on the steering or a foot on the pedal. This paper gives a brief idea of all the systems used in making an autonomous vehicle and its applications, all the different types of sensors used in autonomous vehicles like RADAR, LIDAR, GPS, INS etc., and various software and Hardware used. Also, the detailed timelines, right from the first development to the recent discoveries in the field of autonomous mobility and its advantages and disadvantages have been discussed in this paper. Keywords: Hardware, software, RADAR, LIDAR, GPS, INS, autonomous, artificial intelligence, autopilot, mechatronics Cite this Article Shirin Siddiqui, Amaan Khan, Prashant Rade. Autonomous Vehicles: The Future of Transportation. Journal of Telecommunication, Switching Systems and Networks . 2020; 7(1): 8–13p.