Australia Says Its First Self-Driving Car Can 'Navigate Without Driver Input'

Self-driving cars sporting Tesla shells as their exterior and featuring technology from German manufacturer Bosch were to be tested on Australia's public roads beginning this week. An autonomous automobile developed by German manufacturer Bosch in collaboration with the Australian government were to be tested on Australia's public roads this week. The cars, which employ video cameras, radar, LiDAR, and global-positioning systems to sense their environment, reportedly are designed to navigate roads with or without driver input. University of Southern California professor Jeffrey Miller suggests the six LiDAR sensors in the vehicle indicate Bosch depends more on LiDAR than on cameras for situational awareness. Carnegie Mellon University's John Dolan says the sensors are "fairly standard for research-level autonomous cars," although he notes the stereo cameras are less common.