How Autonomous Cars Work And Why Should You Care
The Tech That Drives At their most basic, self-driving cars rely on a few relatively obvious technologies — so obvious, in fact, that it is somewhat surprising no one developed an autonomous vehicle before recently. Using cameras, lasers, radar, and sonar in various configurations depending on the manufacturer, the cars are able to create digital maps of their surroundings. Each element has a specific job: Cameras determine distances to objects using parallax, and they detect traffic lights and signs as well as moving objects like pedestrians and cyclists....