Sensor work: enabling the interoperation of autonomous vehicles

Abstract This article examines the “sensor work” carried out in development of autonomous vehicles which, without sensor data, would not and arguably still do not, have capacity to decide on where, how, drive. I begin by discussing three aspects technologies considered be foundation for work being vehicle settings, namely distribution, processing, sourcing data. The considers how that much this aids only operation but also their necessary “interoperation.” In studying four specific sensing methods from an operational perspective, consider interoperation between devices subsequent algorithmic, object-recognition, motion planning procedures is fundamental vehicles.