autonomous vehicles

Learn about the first driverless cars, how sensors work together to let a car 'see' its surroundings, and what driverless cars can do at five different levels of automation"--Back cover.

"With climate change and other factors looming, the technology farmers and agricultural workers employ to harvest crops and raise livestock is ever more important to ensuring the world's food supply can sustain us. This . . . volume explores the various cutting-edge technologies and techniques deployed in the twenty-first century, and how workers must adapt to working with them"--Provided by publisher.

"An in-depth survey of autonomous vehicles, examining the past, present, and future of the technological developments, scientific principles, and innovators behind driverless vehicles"--Provided by the publisher.

"Through wit and wisdom, [the author] explains why autonomous cars are being made and what the future of automated cars is . . . encourages [people] to consider autonomous cars as an entirely new machine, something beyond cars as [they are] understood today . . . considers how [people will] get along with these robots that will take over cars' jobs, what they will look like, what sorts of jobs they may do, what can be expected of them, how they should act, ethically, how they can be fun, and how to make sure there's still a place for those of who love to drive with manual or automatic transmission"--Adapted from back cover.

Discusses the technology and development of self-driving cars.

"An in-depth survey of autonomous vehicles, examining the past, present, and future of the technological developments, scientific principles, and innovators behind driverless vehicles"--Provided by publisher.

Learn about the history of self-driving cars and how this new technology could change the world.

Identifies and explores innovative technology in the transportation industry that was inspired by nature.

"Readers get acquainted with the people behind today's most cutting-edge technologies in the self-driving car tech field--from bright ideas to cool new products--and inspires readers to consider a high-tech future career . . . introduces six exciting careers and features sidebar activities that invite readers to Imagine That! and Dig Deeper!"--Provided bypublisher.

Young readers will discover how self-driving cars work, how they move safely about the road, and how these amazing innovations have evolved from the automobile as we know it.