AI in self-driving cars – By Aditya Abeysinghe What are self-driving cars? A self-driving car is a vehicle that can identify its environment using sensors and other cameras and depend on less human input to drive. These vehicles are also called autonomous vehicles, driverless cars and robotic cars. However, there is no production level car that is fully driverless. These cars have been extensively tested and some models are widely purchased in the commercial automobile markets. Levels of self-driving Society of Automation Engineers (SAE) has divided the level of automation in self-driving into six levels. The first three levels require the driver to view the environment. Level 0 is driving without self-driving and a human is required to handle all functions of a vehicle. However, a vehicle may display some system issues and automate engine level electronic functionality. In the next stage, level 1, the driver and the system share ...

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