Safety method for a modular autonomous vehicle and a control device therefor

Abstract

A safety method, performed by a control device (16, 70) for a vehicle (2) assembled from a set of modules (1, 6), the vehicle (2) including at least two modules (1, 6), including at least one drive module (1) and at least one functional module (6). The control device (16, 70) is in any of the at least two modules (1, 6), The at least one drive module (1) has a pair of wheels (8) and is configured to be autonomously operated. The method includes detecting (s101) an emergency situation in any of the at least two modules (1, 6) of the assembled vehicle (2), transmitting (s102) information about the detected emergency situation to a control center (20) and controlling (s103) the module (1, 6) associated with the emergency situation to physically disconnect from the assembled vehicle (2). Also to a computer program, a computer-readable medium, a control device (16, 70) and a vehicle (2) are included.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.