Collision protection

A collision protection system comprising:

• a plurality of collision protection devices operationally coupled to a first object;
• a plurality of sensors operationally coupled to the first object;
• a memory storing executable instructions;
• and
• one or more processors in communication with the plurality of collision protection devices, the plurality of sensors, and the memory, the one or more processors programmed by the executable instructions to perform a method comprising:
• receiving sensor data collected by the plurality of sensors;
• determining, based on the sensor data, a first trajectory of the first object with respect to a second object using a trajectory prediction model implemented based on a neural network, wherein the neural network applies one or more transformations to the sensor data, through neural layers of the neural network, to determine the first trajectory;
• determining, based on the first trajectory, a collision event to occur between the first object and the second object at a contact location of the first object;
• activating, prior to the collision event, at a first time, a first collision protection device based on a type and a size of the second object, the first collision protection device being at least partially on a first exterior of the first object corresponding to the contact location, wherein the activating comprises:
• determining a size of the first collision protection device based on a particular segment of the second object that directly contacts the first object during the collision event, wherein a remainder of the second object besides the particular segment does not directly contact the first object during the collision event;
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• determining the first time relative to the collision event based on a duration to activate the first collision protection device;
• determining that the collision event exceeds coverage of the first collision protection device;
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• activating, at a second time, a second collision protection device, the second collision protection device being at least partially on a second exterior of the first object adjacent to the first exterior.