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In June 2014, Raj Rajkumar, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and robotics at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), and his team brought their state-of-the-art autonomous vehicle to Washington, D.C., at the invitation of Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The researchers took members of Congress, the media and others on test rides, demonstrating the car’s ability to navigate city streets and highways without human intervention. Developed with support from NSF, the U.S. Department of Transportation, DARPA and General Motors, the car is the result of more than a decade of research and development that led to advances in such underlying technologies as sensors, software, wireless communications and network integration. “Just as the Internet transformed the way people interact with information, what we call cyber-physical systems are transforming the way in which people interact with engineered systems and the environment,” NSF Deputy Director Cora Marrett told the crowd gathered on Capitol Hill for the first day of test rides. NSF has invested more than $200 million in cyber-physical systems research and education over the last five years. To see more of the CMU driverless car demonstrations in D.C., check out this video.