Autonomous Driving: Part 1-Sensing and Perception [From the Guest Editors]

The articles in this special section were focused on the current state of the art as well as emerging trends in the design, development, and deployment of sensing and perception technologies for autonomous and automated driving. Such technologies include camera, ultrasound, Global Navigation Satellite System-, lidar-, and radar-based platforms integrat ing signa l processing components to process the acquired data and extract information to be used for recognition, navigation, and situational awareness. Despite recent advances in such sensing platforms, the performance of these sensors can be significantly constrained by their quality–cost tradeoff, excessive energy consumpt ion, and inconsistency under varying environmental conditions.