Carriage with guided autonomous locomotion

A method of guided autonomous locomotion of a carriage, the method comprising:

• operating, using a controller, a drive motor, wherein the drive motor comprises a plurality of motors, each of which configured to either drive a drive wheel or telescope a handle of the carriage, and wherein operating the drive motor causes rotation of the drive wheel configured to contact a support surface and operatively coupled to the drive motor by way of a drivetrain;
• receiving by an adjustable environmental sensor, using the controller, an environmental characteristic related to an environment substantially surrounding the carriage, wherein the adjustable environmental sensor is attached to a downward-facing surface of a frame of the carriage, wherein adjusting the environmental sensor comprises an upward or downward change in an angle the adjustable environmental sensor is facing;
• providing, by a handle bar comprising a vibrational element, haptic feedback including a physical response based on the environmental characteristic;
• receiving, using the controller, a selection of one or more preconfigured motions from an operating switch located on a frame of the carriage, wherein at least one of the one or more preconfigured motions comprises a rocking motion;
• receiving, using the controller, an operator characteristic related to an operator of the carriage and a child characteristic of a child crying, wherein the child characteristic is related to a child ensconced within the carriage;
• sensing, using an operator sensor, the child characteristic of a child crying, wherein the operator sensor comprises a movement sensor and an audio sensor used in tandem;
• and
• controlling, using the controller:
• the drive motor in response to the environmental characteristic, the operator characteristic and the selection;
• and
• a compartment of the carriage based on the child characteristic, wherein controlling the compartment based on the child characteristic comprises playing white noise in response to the child crying.