Identification of driving maneuvers to inform performance grading and control in autonomous vehicles

A system for operating an autonomous vehicle, comprising:

• an offline processor configured to train a maneuver classifier to identify a driving maneuver for a driving context;
• an online processor configured to:
• receive the driving context;
• operate the maneuver classifier to identify the driving maneuver based on the driving context;
• perform the driving maneuver at the autonomous vehicle;
• grade the driving maneuver as it is being performed at the autonomous vehicle;
• and
• adjust a performance of the driving maneuver at the autonomous vehicle based on the grade.

An autonomous vehicle, comprising:

• a maneuver classifier trained at an offline processor to identify a driving maneuver for a driving context;
• an online processor configured to:
• receive the driving context;
• operate the maneuver classifier to identify the driving maneuver based on the driving context;
• perform the driving maneuver at the autonomous vehicle;
• grade the driving maneuver as it is being performed at the autonomous vehicle;
• and
• adjust a performance of the driving maneuver at the autonomous vehicle based on the grade.