Autonomous vehicles, also known as self-driving or driverless vehicles, are vehicles capable of navigating and driving themselves without the need for a human driver.
They use a combination of sensors, cameras, and artificial intelligence to detect their surroundings and make decisions about where to go and how to avoid obstacles. There is a lot of interest in autonomous vehicles, and many experts believe that they have the potential to revolutionise transportation in the future.
How has the GCP been exploring autonomous vehicles?
We have funded a number of pieces of work using funding from the Government’s Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles and industry-matched funding by collaborating with a number of companies.
This work has been informed by an initial study looking at how autonomous vehicles could be used in Cambridge and an Autonomous Vehicle Strategy. Both were developed in partnership with the University of Cambridge.