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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2023
Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Joshua Petrin, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Garrett Madsen, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Haseeb Chaudhry, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Andrew Cunningham, Blacksburg, VA (US);
John Blankenhorn, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Paul Brown, Blacksburg, VA (US);
William Davis, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Kiron Mateti, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Robert Kriener, Blacksburg, VA (US);
TORC ROBOTICS, INC., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A method of passing an object on the side of the road by receiving a first signal from a first sensor configured to detect a presence of the object positioned on a shoulder of a road; determining a first value; assigning a first confidence value to a confidence level, wherein the first confidence value is associated with the first value; responsive to the first confidence value exceeding a confidence threshold, adjusting a first operating parameter of a vehicle; responsive to entering a threshold range of the object, receiving a second signal from a second sensor; determining a second value associated with the second signal; assigning a second confidence value to the confidence level, wherein the second confidence value is associated with the second value; responsive to the second confidence value exceeding a second confidence threshold, adjusting a second operating parameter of the vehicle.