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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2023
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Joshua Caleb Wade, Redwood City, CA (US);
Luis Riera, Redwood City, CA (US);
Satya Rama Aditya Pinapala, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Thomas Mueller-Werth, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yufei Zhu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Saul Martin Silverberg, Burlingame, CA (US);
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for controlling a vehicle on a low friction surface are discussed herein. An acceleration of a motor of a drive unit of a vehicle may be monitored to identify an anomalous acceleration, such as an acceleration equal to or above a threshold acceleration. In response to identifying the anomalous acceleration, a torque limit for driving the drive unit may be limited, e.g., according to a modified torque limit. In examples the modified torque limit may be a percentage of a nominal maximum torque for driving the drive unit.