From Automated to Autonomous Driving
A Transnational Research History on Pioneers, Artifacts and Technological Change (1950-2000)
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This book presents the most important milestones of the research on automated and autonomous driving in the United States, Japan and Europe throughout five decades (1950-2000). Drawing on sources from the automotive industry, electrical engineering, the robotics and AI-domain and military institutions, it retraces the transition from the guidance-cable approach to vehicle-based sensor and vision systems. Giving a detailed overview of the technical concepts, artefacts, research vehicles and robots, the book presents the transnational engineering efforts that started long before Silicon Valley entered the field. In addition, the book also uniquely details the role of the military in the domain of vehicle automation. This all ensures the book is of great interest to historians of technology, practitioners in engineering disciplines, scholars working in mobility studies, journalists, and political decision makers
This book presents the most important milestones of the research on automated and autonomous driving in the United States, Japan and Europe throughout five decades (1950-2000). Drawing on sources from the automotive industry, electrical engineering, the robotics and AI-domain and military institutions, it retraces the transition from the guidance-cable approach to vehicle-based sensor and vision systems. Giving a detailed overview of the technical concepts, artefacts, research vehicles and robots, the book presents the transnational engineering efforts that started long before Silicon Valley entered the field. In addition, the book also uniquely details the role of the military in the domain of vehicle automation. This all ensures the book is of great interest to historians of technology, practitioners in engineering disciplines, scholars working in mobility studies, journalists, and political decision makers.
Explains the difference between automated and autonomous driving Retraces the shift from infrastructure- to vehicle-based approaches Reveals that all thinking about the automobile must include the road
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Fabian Kröger
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“This absorbing monograph succeeds in highlighting how the long-standing fascination with land vehicles that can navigate with minimal human intervention has served to alter automobile technology. … Paving fresh ground in studies of contemporary technology, Kröger’s timely and engaging book sets up fruitful questions of the ethical, legal, and social implications of the automated automobile for future analysis. For readers of studies of transportation and technology fusion, this work will be an indispensable resource.” (Matthew N. Eisler, Technology and Culture, Vol. 66 (1), January, 2025)
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