This document discusses self-driving cars, including what they are, how they work, potential advantages and disadvantages, and challenges. It defines a self-driving car as a vehicle that can travel from place to place without human interaction by using sensors to navigate autonomously. Some advantages mentioned are increased road capacity, faster reaction times leading to fewer accidents, and reduced pollution. Disadvantages include high costs, potential software failures, and issues with public acceptance. Challenges involve gaining trust from humans, ensuring computer security, addressing legal liability, and requiring regulation from transportation safety authorities.

1. Self Driving Car
By: Sameh Hamzawy
22 Nov.2013

2. Outline
 What is it ?
 How it works ?
 Advantages and disadvantages
 Challenges & Conclusion

3.  What is it ?
 Ability of a car to get from point A to point B without
human interaction(without driver).
 As an autonomous vehicle, it is capable of sensing its
environment and navigating without human input

4. Outline
 What is it ?
 How it works ?
 Advantages and disadvantages
 Challenges & Conclusion

6. Outline
 What is it ?
 How it works ?
 Advantages and disadvantages
 Challenges & Conclusion

7.  Potential Advantages
 No occupant restrictions :
Drunk
Sleepy
Disabled, under
age, or over age.

9. • Increasing the
roadway
capacity.

10.  And many others
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React faster than humans Fewer traffic
collisions.
360 degree perception
Cannot get distracted
Reducing air pollution
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11.  Disadvantages:
Expensive software Car Price ~ 150,000 $
 Failure of just one system in the car could be
very dangerous.
 Human acceptance
 Speed in this car is limited
 Current legislation
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12. SELF-DRIVING CARS VS. OTHERS
* This statistic had made almost before 2011.

13. Outline
 What is it ?
 How it works ?
 Advantages and disadvantages
 Challenges & Conclusion

14. Challenges :
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Human acceptance.
A car's computer could potentially be a RISK.
Liability for damage.
Must create an “objective and testable”
performance standard.
National Highway Transportation Safety
Administration must regulate auto safety

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References
 http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-
explains/2013/04/economist-explains-how-self-driving-car-worksdriverless
 Howard, Bill. "Google: Self-driving Cars in 3-5 Years. Feds: Not so
Fast." ExtremeTech. N.p., 8 Feb. 2013. Web. 14 Apr. 2013.
<http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/147940-google-self-drivingcars-in-3-5-years-feds-not-so-fast>.
 Howard, Bill. "Self-driving Google Cars: 300,000 Miles, 0 Crashes — If
Only Your PC Was as Stable." ExtremeTech. N.p., 10 Aug. 2012. Web.
14 Apr. 2013. <http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/134262-selfdriving-google-cars-300000-miles-0-crashes-if-only-your-pc-was-asstable>.
 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/personaltechnology/2013131882
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17. Thank you