autonomous vehicle

noun

A vehicle that uses mechatronics, artificial intelligence and a multi-agent system to assist its human operator.

Similar
autonomous cardriverless carrobocarself-driving car

Meanings

nounautonomous vehicle (plural autonomous vehicles)

plural autonomous vehicles

  1. A vehicle that uses mechatronics, artificial intelligence and a multi-agent system to assist its human operator.

    The study joins ranks of others that have used adversarial inputs to trick the neural networks of autonomous vehicles, including one that forced a Tesla Model S to swerve lanes.

    2024 May 10, Laura Dobberstein, “GhostStripe attack haunts self-driving cars by making them ignore road signs”, in The Register
    1 more example

    Fully autonomous vehicles have raised safety concerns. California enacted a law this year that will, among other things, require manufacturers to continuously monitor every autonomous vehicle on the road and designate a remote human operator to immobilize a vehicle if necessary.

    2024 December 25, Elaine S. Povich, “Self-driving cars aren’t here yet, but states are getting the rules ready”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

    Synonyms: autonomous car, driverless car, robocar, self-driving car

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA vehicle that uses mechatronics, artificial intelligence and a multi-agent system to assist its human operator.

Similar
autonomous cardriverless carrobocarself-driving car

Translations

Arabic مركبة ذاتية القيادة
  • مركبة ذاتية القيادةvehicle
Basque ibilgailu autonomo
  • ibilgailu autonomovehicle
Bulgarian автономен автомобил
  • автономен автомобил (avtonomen avtomobil)vehicle
Catalan vehicle autònom
  • vehicle autònomvehicle
Chinese Mandarin 自動駕駛汽車 /自动驾驶汽车
  • 自動駕駛汽車 /自动驾驶汽车 (zìdòng jiàshǐ qìchē)vehicle
Czech autonomní vozidlo
  • autonomní vozidlovehicle
Danish førerløs bil
  • førerløs bilvehicle
Dutch zelfrijdende auto
  • zelfrijdende autovehicle
Esperanto senŝofora aŭto
  • senŝofora aŭtovehicle
Estonian isesõitev auto
  • isesõitev autovehicle
Finnish autonominen ajoneuvo, robottiauto
  • autonominen ajoneuvovehicle
  • robottiautovehicle
French véhicule autonome, voiture autonome
  • véhicule autonomevehicle
  • voiture autonomevehicle
German selbstfahrendes Kraftfahrzeug
  • selbstfahrendes Kraftfahrzeugvehicle
Hebrew מכונית אוטונומית
  • מכונית אוטונומיתvehicle
Hungarian önvezető autó
  • önvezető autóvehicle
Icelandic sjálfkeyrandi bíll
  • sjálfkeyrandi bíllvehicle
Indonesian mobil otonom
  • mobil otonomvehicle
Italian autovettura autonoma
  • autovettura autonomavehicle
Japanese 自動運転車
  • 自動運転車vehicle
Korean 무인 자동차
  • 무인 자동차 (mu'in jadongcha)vehicle
Malay kereta swapandu
  • kereta swapanduvehicle
Norwegian selvkjørende bil
  • selvkjørende bilvehicle
Persian خودرو خودران
  • خودرو خودرانvehicle
Polish samochód autonomiczny
  • samochód autonomicznyvehicle
Portuguese veículo autónomo, veículo autônomo
  • veículo autónomovehicle
  • veículo autônomovehicle
Romanian vehicul autonom
  • vehicul autonomvehicle
Russian беспилотный автомобиль
  • беспилотный автомобиль (bespilotnyj avtomobilʹ)vehicle
Spanish vehículo autónomo
  • vehículo autónomovehicle
Swedish självkörande bil
  • självkörande bilvehicle
Tamil தனித்தியங்கும் வாகனம்
  • தனித்தியங்கும் வாகனம் (taṉittiyaṅkum vākaṉam)vehicle
Turkish otonom araba
  • otonom arabavehicle
Ukrainian самокерований автомобіль
  • самокерований автомобіль (samokerovanyj avtomobilʹ)vehicle
Urdu بغیر ڈرائیور کار
  • بغیر ڈرائیور کارvehicle
Welsh car diyrrwr
  • car diyrrwrvehicle
Cite this entry
APA

autonomous vehicle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autonomous%20vehicle

MLA

“autonomous vehicle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autonomous%20vehicle. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autonomous vehicle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autonomous%20vehicle.

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