Tusimple, Inc.

Yicai Jiang

Xiaoling Han

Zehua Huang

Kun Zhang

Yu-Ju Hsu

Zhujia Shi

Mohamed Hassan Ahmed Hassan Wahba

Junjun Xin

Qiong Xu

Devices, systems, and methods for a vehicular safety system in autonomous vehicles are described. An example method for safely controlling a vehicle includes selecting, based on a first control command from a first vehicle control unit, an operating mode of the vehicle, and transmitting, based on the selecting, the operating mode to an autonomous driving system, wherein the first control command is generated based on input from a first plurality of sensors, and wherein the operating mode corresponds to one of (a) a default operating mode, (b) a minimal risk condition mode of a first type that configures the vehicle to pull over to a nearest pre-designated safety location, (c) a minimal risk condition mode of a second type that configures the vehicle to immediately stop in a current lane, or (d) a minimal risk condition mode of a third type that configures the vehicle to come to a gentle stop.

Vehicle safety system for autonomous vehicles

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Tucson, AZ, United States of America

Yicai Jiang