Sensor Technology in Autonomous Vehicles : A review
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This paper will review the main sensor technologies used to create an autonomous vehicle. Sensors are key components for all types of autonomous vehicles because they can provide the data required to perceive the surrounding environment and therefore aid the decision-making process. This paper explains how each of these sensors work, their advantages and disadvantages and how sensor fusion techniques can be utilised to create a more optimum and efficient system for autonomous vehicles.
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The main obstacle for the automotive RADAR system is to yield high-resolution information in an environment that incorporates several dynamic objects in an immensely clustered automotive scene with a high update rate.
“However, the main obstacle for the automotive RADAR system is to yield high-resolution information in an environment that incorporates several dynamic objects in an immensely clustered automotive scene with a high update rate [82,83].”
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- Authors
- Campbell, S., O'Mahony, N., Krpalcova, L., Riordan, D., Walsh, J., Murphy, A., & Ryan, C.
- Affiliations
- Munster Technological University (IE)
- University of Limerick (IE)
- Venue
- 2018 29th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC)
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Published
- 2018-06
- Pages
- 1-4
- OpenAlex
- W2908305534
- Cited by
- 241
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 57 · 2022: 55 · 2021: 38 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 4
- FWCI
- 15.38
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Irish Signals and Systems Conference (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Science Foundation Ireland
- European Regional Development Fund
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Inertial Sensor and Navigation
- Keywords
- autonomous vehicles, automotive sensors, sensor fusion, environmental perception, sensor technology, decision-making
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