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![]() Halting State presents a completely doable version of the driverless vehicle.
A bit later on, you get some idea of what the drone supervisor has to see with.
Compare to the remote control taxicab from Philip K. Dick's 1957 novella The Unreconstructed M.
The idea of a car that can steer itself on special highways is seen in Robert Heinlein's 1941 novel Methuselah's Children; see the entry for Camden speedster.
Here's a quick list of articles demonstrating the progress that is being made towards the goal of driverless cars.
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