Autonomous Vehicles: A Technical Introduction

Automated and fully autonomous vehicles have the potential to revolutionize mobility in various areas, mostly notably are the opportunities to improve traffic safety and mobility access. This chapter provides a technical overview of the basic working principles of such vehicles: from processing of sensor data to planning safe and comfortable motions for the vehicle to execute. The chapter concludes by summarizing major challenges that need to be solved on the way to releasing commercial vehicles that are always reliable and safe.