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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
May. 23, 2021
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Andrew Scott Crego, Foster City, CA (US);
David Martins Belo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Joseph Burrow, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bala Sai Varma Gottumukkala, Hyderabad, IN;
Elaine Hoyen Kwan, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Douglas Logan, San Mateo, CA (US);
Michael Isaac Mizrahi, San Mateo, CA (US);
Dhrumil Parikh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tushar Shishpal Rawat, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for fault injection testing are described herein. The techniques may include receiving, at a computing device, an indication to simulate a fault associated with a component of a vehicle. The computing device may be coupled to the component via a control line that includes a relay or switch component that, when activated, causes the component to simulate the fault. The computing device may also receive data indicative of a vehicle response, such as a measured trajectory of the vehicle in response to the fault, whether a backup system of the vehicle performed correctly in response to the fault, whether the vehicle responded to the fault within a threshold period of time, and the like. The computing device may determine a difference between the vehicle response and an intended response of the vehicle relative to a threshold difference.