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Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2023
Applicant:

Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);

Inventor:

Kurt Zech, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

TORC Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 5/06 (2006.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/046 (2013.01); B62D 5/062 (2013.01); B62D 15/025 (2013.01); B62D 6/002 (2013.01);
Abstract

A steering control system and method of controlling a vehicle using the steering control system are disclosed. The final steering control system is configured to receive a plurality of critically damped outputs generated by a plurality of critically damped control loops, and generate, based on the plurality of critically damped outputs, a combined critically damped output. A steering gear box is communicatively coupled with a final steering control system and configured to receive the combined critically damped output from the final steering control system to control a steering angle of a vehicle based on the combined critically damped output.


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