RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Introduction to the special issue on "New trends towards automatic vehicle control and perception systems" A1 Bergasa Pascual, Luis Miguel A1 Milanés Montero, Vicente K1 Electrónica K1 Electronics AB Note: In lieu of an abstract, this is an excerpt from the first page.Intelligent and automatic systems are making our daily life easier. They are able to automate tasks that, up to now, were performed by humans, freeing them from these tedious tasks. They are mainly based on the classical robotic architectures where the stages of perception—using different sensor sources or even a fusion of a set of them—and planning—where intelligent control systems are applied—play a key role. Among all of the fields in which intelligent systems can be applied, transport systems are considered one of the most promising ones since over one million fatalities—including drivers, pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists—are registered each year worldwide and they can definitively help to reduce these figures. [...] PB MDPI SN 1424-8220 YR 2013 FD 2013-05-05 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/43209 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/43209 LA eng DS MINDS@UW RD 01-may-2024