Automatic robotically steered sensor for targeted high performance perception and vehicle control

A computing system for controlling a vehicle, comprising:

• one or more hardware processors;
• one or more tangible, non-transitory, computer readable media that store instructions executable by the one or more hardware processors to cause the one or more hardware processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• capturing a first image with a first sensor, wherein the first image includes an object;
• forecasting motion of the object in the first image;
• determining a capture location of the object for obtaining a second image of the object by a second sensor, wherein the capture location of the object is based on the forecasting;
• directing the second sensor to capture the second image of the object at the capture location, wherein the second image has a different field of view than the first image;
• identifying the object based on the second image;
• and
• controlling the vehicle based on the identifying the object.

A vehicle comprising:

• vehicle controls for controlling the vehicle;
• a first sensor and a second sensor;
• one or more processors;
• a memory storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to:
• capture a first image with the first sensor, wherein the first image includes an object;
• forecasting motion of the object in the first image;
• determining a capture location of the object for obtaining a second image of the object by a second sensor, wherein the capture location of the object is based on the forecasting;
• directing the second sensor to capture the second image of the object at the capture location, wherein the second image has a different field of view than the first image;
• identifying the object based on the second image;
• and
• controlling the vehicle based on the identifying the object.