Autonomous vehicle damage and salvage assessment

A computer system configured to assess salvage potential for an autonomous vehicle following damage to the autonomous vehicle, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more transceivers adapted to communicate with a plurality of components associated with autonomous operation features of the autonomous vehicle;
• and
• a non-transitory program memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computer system to:
• receive information regarding the plurality of components associated with autonomous operation features of the autonomous vehicle;
• identify one or more components of the plurality of components to assess, wherein the one or more components include one or more sensors;
• generate one or more test signals to be sent to the identified one or more components;
• apply the one or more test signals to the identified one or more components;
• detect one or more responses from the one or more components in response to the one or more test signals;
• obtain one or more expected responses from the one or more components based upon the received information;
• and
• determine whether each of the one or more components is salvageable based upon a comparison between the detected responses and the expected responses.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions, that when executed cause one or more processors to:

• receive information regarding the plurality of components associated with autonomous operation features of the autonomous vehicle;
• identify one or more components of the plurality of components to assess, wherein the one or more components include one or more sensors;
• generate one or more test signals to be sent to the identified one or more components;
• apply the one or more test signals to the identified one or more components;
• detect one or more responses from the one or more components in response to the one or more test signals;
• obtain one or more expected responses from the one or more components based upon the received information;
• and
• determine whether each of the one or more components is salvageable based upon the detected responses and the expected responses.