Meanings
plural autonomous vehicles
- 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 Register1 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.
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
autonomous vehicle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autonomous%20vehicle
“autonomous vehicle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autonomous%20vehicle. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autonomous vehicle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autonomous%20vehicle.
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