How does self-driving autopilot work? Explain like I’m 5
5 min readJun 14, 2022
Autonomous vehicles need sensors that can resolve small details in a split second regardless of the weather or how dark it is because they won’t have a driver to make decisions for them. Laser-based probe known as LIDAR and a miniature version of the communications technology that keeps the internet running are the two components of a solution to this difficult problem.