How Self-Driving Cars Work — Interactive 3D Lab

01 SENSE → 02 THINK → 03 ACT

Preparing the engineering lab…

CYBERCAB · OVERVIEW

0km/hCruising

Click hardware to inspect · Drag to orbit · Scroll to zoom

The complete loopLight + vehicle measurements → Steering, braking, propulsion. Press play to follow the live scenario through the hardware.

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How does an image become motion?

Follow a camera signal into the onboard computer, then out to the actuators. Measurements return to the computer so it can keep correcting the movement.

INPUTLight + vehicle measurements

PROCESSInterpret → plan → control

OUTPUTSteering, braking, propulsion

Target / measured speed: 22.0 / 0.0 km/h
Front wheel angle: 0.0°
Wheel rotation: 0 rpm
Acceleration: 0.07 m/s²

Propulsion demand Deceleration demand

path curvature → wheel angle
target speed − measured speed → acceleration

LIVE INPUT SCENARIOTarget cruise speed22 km/h

What is documented? What is simplified?

This is an educational Cybercab reference model. The software stages explain functions: an end-to-end network can combine them. This browser demo uses explicit geometry and rules, not Tesla software. Sensor count, PCB, wiring and actuator internals are illustrative.

Tesla: Cybercab hardware layoutPages 25–28: floor battery, 48 V system, front drive unit and inverter.Tesla: AI & RoboticsComputer vision, onboard inference, planning and controls.Autoware: driving architecturesModular and end-to-end approaches; teaching stages are not necessarily separate production modules.Autoware: feedback controlFollowing a reference trajectory using vehicle state and control commands.

THE CURRENT DECISION

Cruising

Follow the lane at the selected target speed.

Inside a self-driving car.