System for executing structured tests across a fleet of autonomous vehicles

A system for testing an autonomous vehicle, the system comprising:

• an on-board computing system of an autonomous vehicle comprising an electronic device;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to:
• obtain a list of one or more required tests the autonomous vehicle is to run, wherein each of the one or more required tests is part of a commissioning process for the autonomous vehicle;
• cause the list to be displayed on a display device of the autonomous vehicle;
• receive a selection of a selected test from an operator of the autonomous vehicle;
• receive a test input profile associated with the selected test, wherein the test input profile comprises one or more instructions for the autonomous vehicle to execute to perform the selected test;
• cause the autonomous vehicle to execute at least a portion of the one or more instructions of the test input profile;
• log response data to one or more log files, wherein the response data comprises data associated with the autonomous vehicle's response to executing the at least a portion of the one or more instructions;
• during execution of the one or more test instructions, generate metadata associated with the selected test, wherein the metadata comprises a start timestamp that corresponds to a time when the selected test begins and an end timestamp that corresponds to a time when the selected test ends;
• log the metadata to the one or more log files;
• transmit at least a portion of the one or more log files to an electronic device located remotely from the autonomous vehicle;
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• receive parameters representing physical properties of vehicle motion that were identified for a plurality of models that are to be relied upon by the on-board computing system for autonomous motion control of the autonomous vehicle, the parameters being identified based on at least one segment of the response data associated with a timestamp falling within a range defined by the start and end timestamps associated with the selected test.

A computer program product comprising a memory and programming instructions that are configured to cause a processor to:

• obtain a list of one or more required tests that an autonomous vehicle is to run, wherein each of the one or more required tests is part of a commissioning process for the autonomous vehicle;
• cause the list to be displayed on a display device of the autonomous vehicle;
• receive a selection of a selected test from an operator of the autonomous vehicle;
• receive a test input profile associated with the selected test, wherein the test input profile comprises one or more instructions for the autonomous vehicle to execute to perform the selected test;
• cause the autonomous vehicle to execute at least a portion of the one or more instructions of the test input profile;
• log response data to one or more log files, wherein the response data comprises data associated with the autonomous vehicle's response to executing the at least a portion of the one or more instructions;
• during execution of the one or more test instructions, generate metadata associated with the selected test, wherein the metadata comprises a start timestamp that corresponds to a time when the selected test begins and an end timestamp that corresponds to a time when the selected test ends;
• log the metadata to the one or more log files;
• transmit at least a portion of the one or more log files to an electronic device located remotely from the autonomous vehicle;
• and
• receive parameters representing physical properties of vehicle motion that were identified for a plurality of models that are to be relied upon by the on-board computing system for autonomous motion control of the autonomous vehicle, the parameters being identified based on at least one segment of the response data associated with a timestamp falling within a range defined by the start and end timestamps associated with the selected test.