Detachable powertrain control in autonomous vehicles during collaborative movement
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSaraswathi Sailaja Perumalla, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Sirisha Akella
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Abstract
The present invention may include a processor that coupling vehicles into a linked vehicle, where each vehicle has a powertrain device with an attachment device, where the attachment device detaches the powertrain device from one of the vehicles. The processor causes the attachment device to detach the powertrain device from at least one of the vehicles based on determining that a weight of the linked vehicle should be reduced.
Claims17
A processor-implemented method for detachable powertrain control, the method comprising:
- coupling a plurality of vehicles into a linked vehicle, wherein each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles has a powertrain device with an attachment device, wherein the attachment device is configured to detach the powertrain device from one of the plurality of vehicles;
- and
- based on determining that a weight of the linked vehicle should be reduced, causing the attachment device to detach the powertrain device from at least one of the plurality of vehicles, wherein causing the attachment device to detach the powertrain device includes:
- controlling a remote controlled vehicle to relocate to a geolocation of the powertrain device;
- and
- lowering, by the attachment device, the powertrain device from underneath the at least one of the plurality of vehicles onto the remote controlled vehicle.
A computer system for detachable powertrain control, the computer system comprising:
- one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:
- coupling a plurality of vehicles into a linked vehicle, wherein each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles has a powertrain device with an attachment device, wherein the attachment device is configured to detach the powertrain device from one of the plurality of vehicles;
- and
- based on determining that a weight of the linked vehicle should be reduced, causing the attachment device to detach the powertrain device from at least one of the plurality of vehicles, wherein causing the attachment device to detach the powertrain device includes:
- controlling a remote controlled vehicle to relocate to a geolocation of the powertrain device;
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- lowering, by the attachment device, the powertrain device from underneath the at least one of the plurality of vehicles onto the remote controlled vehicle.
A computer program product for detachable powertrain control, the computer program product comprising:
- one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium, the program instructions executable by a processor, the program instructions comprising:
- program instructions to couple a plurality of vehicles into a linked vehicle, wherein each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles has a detachable powertrain device with an attachment device, wherein the attachment device is configured to detach the powertrain device from one of the plurality of vehicles;
- and
- based on determining that a weight of the linked vehicle should be reduced, program instructions to cause the attachment device to detach the powertrain device from at least one of the plurality of vehicles, wherein the program instructions to cause the attachment device to detach the powertrain device includes:
- program instructions to control a remote controlled vehicle to relocate to a geolocation of the powertrain device;
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- program instructions to lower, by the attachment device, the powertrain device from underneath the at least one of the plurality of vehicles onto the remote controlled vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.