Table of Contents

The Role of Control in Autonomous Systems. Hybrid Systems and Hierarchy. Sensors, Estimation and Sensor Fusion. Examples of Autonomy: Advanced Control Issues. Maps, Path Planning and Obstacle Avoidance. Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication.

About the Author

Umit Ozguner is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Ohio State University and holds the TRC Inc. Chair on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois and has held positions at I.B.M., University of Toronto and Istanbul Technical University. Tankut Acarman is an associate professor of computer engineering and vice director of the Institute of Sciences at Galatasaray University. He received an M.S. in computer and control engineering from Istanbul Technical University (Istanbul, Turkey) and a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from Ohio State University. Keith Redmill is a research scientist in the department of electrical and computer engineering at Ohio State University, where he earned his M.S. and Ph.D.