System and method for providing multiple agents for decision making, trajectory planning, and control for autonomous vehicles

A method comprising:

• partitioning a multiple agent autonomous vehicle control module for an autonomous vehicle into a plurality of subsystem agents, the plurality of subsystem agents including a deep computing vehicle control subsystem and a fast response vehicle control subsystem;
• receiving a task request from a vehicle subsystem;
• determining if the task request is appropriate for the deep computing vehicle control subsystem or the fast response vehicle control subsystem based on content of the task request or a context of the autonomous vehicle;
• dispatching the task request to the deep computing vehicle control subsystem or the fast response vehicle control subsystem based on the determination;
• causing execution of the deep computing vehicle control subsystem or the fast response vehicle control subsystem by use of a data processor to produce a vehicle control output;
• and
• providing the vehicle control output to a vehicle control subsystem of the autonomous vehicle.

A non-transitory machine-useable storage medium embodying instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

• partition a multiple agent autonomous vehicle control module for an autonomous vehicle into a plurality of subsystem agents, the plurality of subsystem agents including a deep computing vehicle control subsystem and a fast response vehicle control subsystem;
• receive a task request from a vehicle subsystem;
• determine if the task request is appropriate for the deep computing vehicle control subsystem or the fast response vehicle control subsystem based on content of the task request or a context of the autonomous vehicle;
• dispatch the task request to the deep computing vehicle control subsystem or the fast response vehicle control subsystem based on the determination;
• cause execution of the deep computing vehicle control subsystem or the fast response vehicle control subsystem by use of a data processor to produce a vehicle control output;
• and
• provide the vehicle control output to a vehicle control subsystem of the autonomous vehicle.