Offline intelligence advanced driver assistance system for aircraft towing

A system for autonomous aircraft towing, comprising:

• a tow vehicle including a turntable lifting unit configured to engage with an aircraft's nose landing gear;
• a sensor system mounted on the tow vehicle, the sensor system including at least one camera and configured to generate sensor data;
• and
• an Offline Intelligence Advanced Driver Assistance System (OI-ADAS) integrated with the tow vehicle, the OI-ADAS including:
• a local processing unit configured to process the sensor data in volatile memory without persistent storage;
• a collision avoidance module configured to detect obstacles in the tow vehicle's path using the sensor system;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• analyze visual cues from the camera to determine the tow vehicle's position and orientation;
• generate control commands for the tow vehicle based on the analyzed visual cues;
• control the turntable lifting unit to capture and lift the aircraft's nose landing gear;
• monitor operator inputs during an operator-controlled mode;
• detect one or more intervention conditions;
• automatically transition between a fully autonomous mode and the operator-controlled mode based on the detected one or more intervention conditions while maintaining safety constraints throughout the transition;
• and
• maneuver the tow vehicle to tow the aircraft based on the generated control commands.