Gaiceanu M. Self-Driving Vehicles and Enabling Technologies 2021

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This volume presents the concept of Autonomous Driving (AD), discusses and examines its applications in transportation, logistics, space, agriculture, and industrial and home automation.
This book examines the development and technical progress of self-driving vehicles in the context of the Vision Zero project from the European Union, which aims to eliminate highway system fatalities and serious accidents by 2050.
Introductory Chapter: European Union towards Self-Driving Car Pathway. M2M Era
The Long Journey of the Driverless Car
Design Considerations for Autonomous Cargo Transportation Multirotor UAVs
Novel Application of Fast Simulated Annealing Method in Brushless Motor Drive (BLMD) Dynamical Parameter Identification for Electric Vehicle Propulsion
Visibility-Based Technologies and Methodologies for Autonomous Driving
Selected Issues and Constraints of Image Matching in Terrain-Aided Navigation: A Comparative Study
Future Mobility Advances and Trends
Trends in Next Generation Intelligent Transportation Systems