Systems and methods for enabling vehicle movement via force applied to an external interface

Abstract

A vehicle including a transceiver and a processor is disclosed. The transceiver may be configured to receive a signal indicative of a force applied by a user on an external interface. The external interface may be configured to be removably attached to the vehicle. The processor may be configured to obtain information associated with a desired virtual vehicle mass and information associated with one or more friction forces acting on the vehicle. The desired virtual vehicle mass may be less than an actual vehicle mass. The processor may further determine a target vehicle velocity based on the signal, the desired virtual vehicle mass and the information associated with the friction forces, and control a vehicle movement based on the target vehicle velocity.