“We are not condemned to a future of congestion, accidents and time wasting. We will eventually have cars that can drive themselves, interacting safely with other road users and using roads efficiently, thus freeing up our precious time.” The mission statement of the Oxford Robotic Institute shows their ambitious autonomous driving plans – intended to strengthen their reputation as of one of the world’s leading universities. And their plans don’t stop at research: in 2014, a spin-out company called Oxbotica was launched to drive the commercialization of driverless car technology. One of their signature skills is designing autonomous software. Oxbotica has developed a self-learning system called Selenium that can theoretically be uploaded into any vehicle that is equipped with the right sensor technology. Another company which began life in the university’s Department of Computer Science, Latent Logic, has recently been acquired by self-driving giant, Waymo.