Systems and methods for autonomous vehicle operation

A computer-implemented method for autonomous vehicle operation, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a computing system, a plurality of event signals from at least a first autonomous vehicle that is traversing a path;
• determining, by the computing system, whether the event signals are indicative of an obstacle at least partially blocking the path the first autonomous vehicle;
• receiving, by the computing system from at least a second autonomous vehicle, at least one characteristic of the obstacle captured by at least one sensor of the second autonomous vehicle;
• determining, by the computing system and based on the characteristic of the obstacle, at least one task to clear the obstacle from the portion of the path, wherein the computer system is further configured to compare the characteristic of the obstacle to a characteristic of a known obstacle;
• identifying, by the computing system, based on the characteristic of the obstacle, a third autonomous vehicle having a container that is capable of clearing the obstacle;
• and
• deploying, by the computing system, at least the third autonomous vehicle to complete the at least one task, wherein the at least one task is included in a task list for the third autonomous vehicle.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more computer processors, cause the one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a plurality of event signals from at least a first autonomous vehicle that is traversing a path;
• determining whether the event signals are indicative of an obstacle at least partially blocking the path of the first autonomous vehicle;
• receiving, from at least a second autonomous vehicle, at least one characteristic of the obstacle captured by at least one sensor of the second autonomous vehicle;
• determining, based on the characteristic of the obstacle, at least one task to clear the obstacle from the portion of the path, wherein the one or more computer processors are further configured to compare the characteristic of the obstacle to a characteristic of a known obstacle;
• identifying, based on the characteristic of the obstacle, a third autonomous vehicle having a container that is capable of clearing the obstacle;
• and
• deploying at least the third autonomous vehicle to complete the at least one task, wherein the at least one task is included in a task list for the third autonomous vehicle.