Systems and methods for updating pickup and dropoff locations for a vehicle

A system comprising:

• a computing device comprising:
• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, that when executed by the one or more processors cause the computing device to perform a set of functions comprising:
• setting, based on a request from a client device, an initial pickup location;
• causing an autonomous vehicle to navigate towards the initial pickup location;
• while the autonomous vehicle is on a route to the initial pickup location, generating a plurality of candidate updated pickup locations for one or more failure scenarios, wherein the one or more failure scenarios include at least one of a scenario in which the autonomous vehicle misses a turn on the route, a scenario in which the autonomous vehicle is unable to pull over at the initial pickup location, or a scenario in which the autonomous vehicle stops at the initial pickup location but is then prompted to move away before pickup, and wherein the plurality of candidate updated pickup locations for the one or more failure scenarios are generated prior to occurrence of any of the failure scenarios;
• selecting a suggested pickup location from the plurality of candidate updated pickup locations that achieves a benchmark for reducing one or more of a time and a distance associated with the initial pickup location for one or more of the autonomous vehicle and the client device;
• causing the autonomous vehicle to navigate to the suggested pickup location.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, that when executed by one or more processors cause a computing device to perform a set of functions comprising:

• setting, based on a request from a client device, an initial pickup location;
• causing an autonomous vehicle to navigate towards the initial pickup location;
• while the autonomous vehicle is on a route to the initial pickup location, generating a plurality of candidate updated pickup locations for one or more failure scenarios, wherein the one or more failure scenarios include at least one of a scenario in which the autonomous vehicle misses a turn on the route, a scenario in which the autonomous vehicle is unable to pull over at the initial pickup location, or a scenario in which the autonomous vehicle stops at the initial pickup location but is then prompted to move away before pickup, and wherein the plurality of candidate updated pickup locations for the one or more failure scenarios are generated prior to occurrence of any of the failure scenarios;
• selecting a suggested pickup location from the plurality of candidate updated pickup locations that achieves a benchmark for reducing one or more of a time and a distance associated with the initial pickup location for one or more of the autonomous vehicle and the client device;
• causing the autonomous vehicle to navigate to the suggested pickup location.