An exhibition at London's Science Museum explores the future of autonomous mobility, and the designs that are paving the way. Curator Margaret Campbell selects five pieces from the show and reveals the stories behind them.
Driverless: Who is in Control" opened at the Science Museum earlier this month and will remain on view until October 2020.
While autonomous cars may seem an abstract concept to many drivers, the exhibition aims to show visitors just how much of this "seemingly futuristic" technology already exists.
The exhibition is made up of three zones: Land, Air and Water and looks at developments in all these areas.
Objects on display include the self-driving electric racing car, Robocar, and artist Dominic Wilcox's stained-glass Sleeper Car design for a future where driverless technologies make roads safe enough to drive vehicles made of glass.
According to Campbell, nearly 60 years ago researchers predicted that most cars in Britain would be autonomous by 2010, but this is yet to be fully realised.
"The exhibition explores not just the technological challenges that must be overcome before this becomes reality, but the social, political, and ethical ones as well," said the curator.
"It asks timely questions about how much control we're willing to cede to AI machines and how driverless technology could transform our world."
Here, Campbell explains five designs from the show that best illustrate the thinking behind autonomy:

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