How does a driverless vehicle know where it is?

Co-founder of Oxbotica, an AI software company for driverless vehicles, Ingmar Posner, introduces the first of the three defining questions for mobile autonomy: Where Am I? Before the robot car can start moving from point A to point B, it must first know where it is.

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Code Smart is a computing and robotics education programme based on driverless car technologies. Code Smart takes students on a journey from complete beginners to code creators.

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Computing | Ages 11-14

Code Smart

Code Smart is a computing and robotics education programme based on driverless car technologies. Students will develop their ability to code as well as their design thinking as they tackle smart city challenges.

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How does a driverless vehicle know what is around it?

What's around me? The second of three questions used to define mobile autonomy

How does a driverless vehicle know what to do next?

What do I do next? The third of three questions used to define mobile autonomy

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Learning about safety in the world of autonomous cars