autonomous vehicle

Noun

autonomous vehicle (plural autonomous vehicles)

1. A vehicle that uses mechatronics, artificial intelligence and a multi-agent system to assist its human operator.
   • The study joins ranks of others that have used adversarial inputs to trick the neural networks of autonomous vehicles, including one that forced a Tesla Model S to swerve lanes.2024 May 10, Laura Dobberstein, “GhostStripe attack haunts self-driving cars by making them ignore road signs”, in The Register
   • Fully autonomous vehicles have raised safety concerns. California enacted a law this year that will, among other things, require manufacturers to continuously monitor every autonomous vehicle on the road and designate a remote human operator to immobilize a vehicle if necessary.2024 December 25, Elaine S. Povich, “Self-driving cars aren’t here yet, but states are getting the rules ready”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

   Synonyms:

   autonomous car, driverless car, robocar, self-driving car