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

His AI experiments get more bizarre by the day, and his SpaceX projects, which include driverless cybercabs, have been repeatedly delayed.

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Just one of 10 large U.S. container ports surveyed by the Government Accountability Office had deployed driverless vehicles as of mid-2023, while only five were using AI and machine learning.

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Last week, Waymo announced its driverless cars would start operating in Miami, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Orlando.

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All of Tesla Inc. depends on making a tiny silicon chip that will power everything from driverless technology to robots, Chief Executive Elon Musk said last week.

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All of Tesla Inc. depends on making a tiny silicon chip that will power everything from driverless technology to robots, Chief Executive Elon Musk said last week.

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