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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2019
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Matthew Amacker, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Joseph Taylor, San Jose, CA (US);
Gregory J. Klein, San Mateo, CA (US);
Jonathan Yao, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew Custer, Oakland, CA (US);
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
A mobile platform structured for mounting a soft target thereon is provided. The mobile platform includes a self-propelled drive unit configured to move along a ground surface responsive to a control signal. The mobile platform also includes a hardened mobile platform control module coupled to the drive unit so as to move with the drive unit. The mobile platform also includes a sacrificial body structured and coupled to the drive unit so as to move along the ground surface with the drive unit.