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Driverless Cars Research Paper

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Mechanism of Driverless Cars The first step toward driverless cars came in the 1980s, and it's still with us today: Anti-lock brakes (ABS). Google’s driverless car has got eight sensors. The most eye-grabbing is the roof-top Lidar – a camera that uses an array of 32 or 64 lasers to calculate the distance to objects to build up a 3D map at a range of 200m, letting the car "Observe" hazards. You can spot another camera near the windscreen also looking for nearby hazards - such as pedestrians, cyclists and other vehicles – and reads detects road signs and traffic lights. How Are Driverless Cars Tested? The testing of car begins by sending out a driver in a conventionally driven car to map the route and road conditions. Two individuals sit in the

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