The driverless car is popularly known as an self-driving car (SDC), an autonomous vehicle, or a robot car. The purpose of an autonomous car is to drive automatically without a driver. The SDC is the sleeping giant that might improve everything from road safety to universal mobility, while dramatically reducing the costs of driving. According to McKinsey & Company, the widespread use of robotic cars in the US could save up to $180 billion annually in healthcare and automotive maintenance alone based on a realistic estimate of a 90% reduction in crash rates.
Although self-driving automotive technologies have been in development for many decades, it is only in recent years that breakthroughs have been achieved. ...