While some companies bank on high-definition GPS, Puttagunta says that Civil Maps' technology allows self-driving cars to work with consumer-grade GPS. As the car compares its sensor data with its ...

Self-driving cars are currently being trialled by companies such as Google, whose driverless car is reputed to have already competed 400,000 miles of testing – further than most motorists will ...

A 16-year-old, for example, has created a self-driving toy car that’s powered by an Arduino Nano as part of a project that also includes cheap parts like IR sensors and modules created with a 3D ...

Improved GPS could boost self-driving cars and other tech By Eric Mack. February 12, 2016 Facebook; ... GPS is of little use when driving through heavily wooded areas, ...

How Inertial Systems and GNSS Availability Will Help Self-driving cars in urban environments can be problematic. The required multi-sensor automated systems will include GNSS, but buildings block and ...

GPS, in particular, is at the core of the self-driving car, and a simpler version of it is used with services like Google Maps. Navigation services can give you a general idea of how AVs use GPS.