System and method for onboarding an automated vehicle for autonomous vehicle operations using a secure-unique light flashing pattern

A system for autonomously controlling an autonomous vehicle, comprising:

• an infrastructure server associated with a facility and including one or more computing devices configured to:
• generate a predicted light code pattern using a vehicle public key for the autonomous vehicle to be controlled;
• transmit a server public key and a code length to the autonomous vehicle;
• authenticate identity of the autonomous vehicle using the vehicle public key;
• transmit a flash command initiating a flashing sequence by the autonomous vehicle;
• and
• transition to autonomous control of the autonomous vehicle in response to the flashing sequence by the autonomous vehicle being indicative of the predicted light code pattern.

A method for autonomously controlling an autonomous vehicle, comprising:

• generating, by an infrastructure server, a predicted light code pattern using a vehicle public key for the autonomous vehicle to be controlled;
• transmitting, by the infrastructure server, a server public key and a code length to the autonomous vehicle;
• authenticating, by the infrastructure server, identity of the autonomous vehicle using the vehicle public key;
• transmitting, by the infrastructure server, a flash command initiating a flashing sequence by the autonomous vehicle;
• and
• transitioning, by the infrastructure server, to autonomous control of the autonomous vehicle in response to the flashing sequence by the autonomous vehicle being indicative of the predicted light code pattern.