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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2016
Sri International, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka, JP;
Thomas Low, Belmont, CA (US);
Thomas De Candia, Redwood City, CA (US);
Seungkook Yun, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas Egan, Marblehead, MA (US);
Bryan Chavez, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alexander Kernbaum, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Riley Shear, Redwood City, CA (US);
Leonard Gerard, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stephen Morfey, Anstey, GB;
Richard Mahoney, Los Altos, CA (US);
Regis Vincent, San Mateo, CA (US);
Paul Birkmeyer, Redwood City, CA (US);
Hiroyuki Morita, Shizuoka, JP;
Hirokatsu Muramatsu, Shizuoka, JP;
Keiji Nishimura, Cypress, CA (US);
Hiroshi Saijou, Cypress, CA (US);
Akira Satou, Shizuoka, JP;
Toshifumi Uchiyama, Cypress, CA (US);
Hitoshi Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Shirou Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
SRI INTERNATIONAL, Menlo Park, CA (US);
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Iwata, JP;
Abstract
An example system includes a vehicle, a robot, and a controller. The vehicle may include an accelerator operator and a steering operator. The robot may include as accelerator actuator configured to operate the accelerator operator, and a steering actuator configured to operate-the steering operator. The controller is configured to: in response to an accelerator command, send a first signal to the accelerator actuator to operate the accelerator operator of the vehicle, and in response to a steering command, send a second, signal to the steering actuator to steer the vehicle.