driverless

[ drahy-ver-lis ]

adjective

1. 1. not having a human driver in control:

      The horse became startled and the now driverless horse-drawn carriage ran into a car.

   2. without a human operator:

      driverless machinery.

2. (of a vehicle) navigated and maneuvered by a computer without a need for human control or intervention under a range of driving situations and conditions:

   a driverless car.

Word History and Origins

Origin of driverless¹

First recorded in 1840–1850

Example Sentences

Tesla's self-driving software still requires careful supervision, while Waymo's driverless taxis are still limited to one corner of the Phoenix metropolitan area.

From Ars Technica

Autonomous driving technology continued to mature in 2020, with the industry’s leading companies testing driverless cars and opening up robotaxi services to the public in various cities.

From MIT Technology Review

The service works somewhat like Lyft or Uber, and people can request rides in one of the minivans equipped with Waymo’s driverless technology.

From Washington Post

In Driven, Business Insider senior editor Alex Davies tells the dramatic, colorful story of the quest to develop driverless cars—and the fierce competition among Google, Uber, and other tech and auto giants in the race to revolutionize our lives.

From Fortune

For drone deliveries, driverless cars, or placing a Pikachu in a specific location, say on a tree branch in a park, GPS isn’t accurate enough.

From Singularity Hub 

Perhaps because of this, Kalanick has expressed his desire to one day have driverless Uber vehicles.

From The Daily Beast

Personally, I think it's pretty foolish until we have driverless cars, but when that happens, let's do it!

From The Daily Beast

We'll soon be in an era of driverless tractors and drones, allowing fewer farmers to manage substantially more land.

From The Daily Beast

When driverless cars were first mooted about in the wonkosphere, I was skeptical.

From The Daily Beast

So liability is a big problem for any company that wants to manufacture driverless cars.

From The Daily Beast

Big Louie's face was upturned, and the explanation of the two rifle reports and the driverless team was here.

From Project Gutenberg

On through the night plunged the driverless coach, the horses mad with fright.

From Project Gutenberg

Stopping suddenly, he looked back and discovered that they were driverless.

From Project Gutenberg