Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless Car
Overview
The definitive insider account of how the driverless car was invented — from DARPA's Grand Challenge through Google's self-driving project to the race between Waymo, Tesla, and GM Cruise.
Full Description
Lawrence Burns — former VP of R&D at General Motors and one of the architects of the self-driving car industry — tells the complete story of how autonomous vehicles went from science fiction to reality. 'Autonomy' begins with DARPA's 2004 and 2005 Grand Challenges, where robotic cars first traversed real desert terrain, follows the creation of Google's self-driving project (later Waymo), and traces the competitive race among tech giants, automakers, and startups to deploy the first truly driverless vehicles. A rare insider's account of one of the most consequential technological developments of our era.