Systems and methods for a moveable cover panel of an autonomous vehicle

A computer-implemented method of adjusting a position of a cover panel for an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:

• obtaining vehicle data indicative of an operating mode for the autonomous vehicle;
• determining a first position of the cover panel for the autonomous vehicle, wherein the cover panel is moveable along a front panel of the autonomous vehicle to isolate and expose a motion control device of the autonomous vehicle, wherein the cover panel comprises a sliding panel coupled to the front panel by one or more tracks, and wherein the cover panel is configured to slide along the one or more tracks to move between an isolating position and an exposing position;
• and
• initiating a positional change for the cover panel based, at least in part, on the vehicle data and the first position.

A computing system comprising one or more processors;

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• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media that store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• obtaining vehicle data indicative of an operating mode of an autonomous vehicle;
• determining a first position of a cover panel for the autonomous vehicle from among a plurality of positions, wherein the plurality of positions comprise an isolating position in which the cover panel substantially isolates a motion control device of the autonomous vehicle from a passenger compartment of the autonomous vehicle and an exposing position in which the motion control device is exposed to the passenger compartment of the autonomous vehicle, wherein the cover panel comprises a sliding panel coupled to the front panel by one or more tracks, and wherein the cover panel is configured to slide along the one or more tracks to move between the isolating position and the exposing position;
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• initiating a positional change for the cover panel based, at least in part, on the vehicle data and the first position.