Zoox, Inc.

Range Energy Inc.

Collin Macgregor

Ali Javidan

Andreas Christian Reschka

David Sands

Udayan Pushparaj Karmarkar

Kyle Foley

Ryan Flatland

Aaron Rosekind

Kyle Pollard

Bryan Booth

Satya Rama Aditya Pinapala

Techniques for intelligent vehicle pull over in response to detecting abnormal conditions. The techniques may include determining a presence of a condition necessitating that a vehicle cease from operating on a road surface and determining a constraint associated with the vehicle ceasing from operating on the road surface. In some examples, the constraint may be a time constraint, a geographical constraint, and/or the like. The techniques may also include sending, to a planner component of the vehicle, an indication that the vehicle is to cease from operating on the road surface in accordance with the constraint. Additionally, based at least in part on a determination that the planner component acknowledged the indication in accordance with the constraint, the techniques may include refraining from causing the vehicle to stop on the road surface such that the vehicle impedes a flow of traffic.

Intelligent vehicle pull over

One variation of a method includes, during a first time period: detecting a direction of motion of a trailer; detecting a first force applied to a kingpin; detecting an incline angle of the trailer; calculating a first target preload force opposite the direction of motion and inversely proportional to the incline angle; and in response to the first force falling below the first target preload force, triggering a motor to increase torque output opposite the direction of motion. The method further includes, during a second time period: detecting a second force applied to the kingpin; detecting a decline angle of the trailer; calculating a second target preload force opposite the direction of motion and inversely proportional to the decline angle; and in response to the second force falling below the second target preload force, triggering the motor to increase torque output opposite the direction of motion.

System and method for dynamic tow of a trailer

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Collin Macgregor