Driverless: Intelligent Cars and the Road Ahead
Overview
Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman explore the technology, economics, and societal transformation of autonomous vehicles — from perception and AI to regulation, urban design, and the end of car ownership.
Full Description
Columbia roboticist Hod Lipson and technology writer Melba Kurman examine autonomous vehicles from every angle in 'Driverless' — going beyond the technology to explore how self-driving cars will reshape cities, eliminate parking lots, transform insurance, revolutionize logistics, and potentially save 1.3 million lives lost to road accidents each year. The book explains the AI perception stack (computer vision, LiDAR, sensor fusion), the challenges of edge cases and bad weather, and why full autonomy is harder than early optimists predicted. An essential read for understanding the full scope of the AV revolution.