Does ATL have self-driving shuttles or autonomous vehicles?
No autonomous vehicles in current passenger service. The Plane Train is automated but rail-bound, and SkyTrain shuttles are driver-operated.
Hartsfield-Jackson currently does not operate any autonomous vehicles in regular passenger service beyond the Plane Train (which is fully automated but operates on a fixed underground rail). The various ground-side shuttle services (Park-Ride lots, Rental Car Center SkyTrain, hotel shuttles) all use driver-operated vehicles.
The Plane Train, opened in 1980 and significantly upgraded in 2010, operates as a driverless automated people mover (APM) with sophisticated train control systems. It runs continuously on its underground guideway between the Domestic Terminal and Concourse F.
The SkyTrain shuttle connecting the Domestic Terminal to the ATL Rental Car Center is also a driverless automated rail-based system, distinct from but operationally similar to the Plane Train.
The airport has discussed pilot programs for autonomous shuttles in the parking lots and inter-terminal connections, but no public service has launched. Other major U.S. airports (London Heathrow, Dubai, Singapore Changi internationally; some U.S. airports for testing) have begun introducing autonomous shuttles in non-revenue testing.