Destructive braking systems
AssigneeTORC Robotics, Inc.
InventorsJoseph R. Fox-Rabinovitz, William Davis
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Abstract
A system for destructive braking system for an autonomous truck traveling on a roadway includes an electronic control unit (ECU) configured for controlling a transmission for the autonomous truck. The destructive braking system includes a processing system communicatively coupled to the ECU, the processing system including a processor coupled to a memory. The memory stores executable instructions that, upon execution by the processor, configure the processor to receive an indication the autonomous truck will unavoidably collide with an object. The processor is further configured to determine to employ destructive braking. The processor is further configured to instruct the ECU to reverse the transmission to reduce momentum of the autonomous truck.
Claims21
A destructive braking system for an autonomous truck traveling on a roadway, the system comprising:
- an electronic control unit (ECU) configured for controlling a transmission for the autonomous truck;
- and
- a processing system communicatively coupled to the ECU, the processing system comprising at least one processor coupled to a memory, the memory storing executable instructions that, upon execution by the processor, configure the at least one processor to:
- receive an indication the autonomous truck will unavoidably collide with an object;
- determine to employ destructive braking;
- and
- instruct the ECU to reverse the transmission to reduce momentum of the autonomous truck.
A processing system for destructive braking for an autonomous truck, the processing system comprising:
- a memory storing executable instructions representing a destructive braking module;
- and
- at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the destructive braking module, the at least one processor, upon execution of the destructive braking module, configured to:
- receive an indication the autonomous truck will unavoidably collide with an object;
- determine to employ destructive braking;
- and
- instruct an ECU configured to control a transmission of the autonomous truck to reverse the transmission to reduce momentum of the autonomous truck.
A method of destructive braking for an autonomous truck, the method comprising:
- receiving an indication the autonomous truck will unavoidably collide with an object;
- determining to employ destructive braking;
- and
- initiating reversing of a transmission of the autonomous truck to reduce momentum of the autonomous truck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.