Current status and prospects of automated driving systems.

In the recent years, Telsa's autopilot, Mercedes Benz's autonomous vehicle Bertha, Intelligent Pioneer II of self-driving vehicles developed by Hefei Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Baidu's self driving vehicle and so on have become a sensation currently. With the advent of copious automated vehicles from automobile manufactures, automated driving systems (ADSs), which are able to provide people with convinient and safe travelling experience, have become sensations in this age. This paper mainly details the history and core componets of automated vehicles and discusses the propects of ADSs. Studies on development of ADSs, taxonomy of driving automation, sensing and perception technologies including sensors, localization and mapping, decision-making and path planning, and control systems were extensively analyzed. Moreover, the challenges confronted by current ADSs and prospects with several envisaged scenarios were presented. In the future, autonomous vehicles will continue to provide innovative solutions for road safety, traffic efficiency, and modes of travel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]