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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
May. 23, 2023
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Johannes Edren, Belmont, CA (US);
Ahditya Melkote, Foster City, CA (US);
Joseph Whinnery, Soquel, CA (US);
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and techniques for determining adverse traction conditions currently and/or likely to be being experienced by a vehicle and mitigating such conditions are described. Using sensor data, a vehicle computing device may determine an adverse traction conditions and various attributes of the condition. The vehicle computing device may adjust individual wheel configurations to address this condition, for example, by increasing or decreasing cross-corner wheels, rapidly and repeatedly increasing and decreasing particular wheels, and/or steering wheel individual to increase traction overall and/or reduce the speed of the vehicle (e.g., without using brakes). When normal traction conditions are recognized, the vehicle computing system may return the wheel suspension and steering configurations back to normal.