Driven by AI, the advent of autonomous mobility has accelerated in recent years. It has advantages that go beyond the asphalt. One of the first test drives of an autonomous vehicle in a public area took place on an EPFL campus in the early 2010s. That’s when a self-driving shuttle bus—with a student onboard just in case—traveled a few hundred meters on a course set up around the Rolex Learning Center at a speed capped at a few kilometers per hour.
When self-driving cars become socially intelligent
