System and method of providing marshaling status via vehicle exterior lights

A method of marshaling one or more autonomously operated vehicles, the method comprising:

• broadcasting, to one or more vehicles, an onboarding process trigger associated with marshaling the one or more autonomously operated vehicles;
• discerning, based on the onboarding process trigger and an autonomous vehicle marshaling algorithm, an indication corresponding to a current status associated with an onboarding process of the one or more autonomously operated vehicles, wherein the indication is outputted via exterior lights arranged on a predetermined location of the one or more autonomously operated vehicles;
• and
• causing, based on the indication, the one or more autonomously operated vehicles to navigate toward a waypoint.

A system for wirelessly communicating status information of one or more vehicles with one or more infrastructures, the system comprising:

• the one or more vehicles configured to:
• receive, based on a current status associated with a pre-onboarding process of the one or more vehicles, an onboarding process trigger,
• determine, based on the onboarding process trigger and an autonomous vehicle marshaling algorithm, a current status associated with an onboarding process of the one or more vehicles, and
• output, via exterior lights arranged on a predetermined location of the one or more vehicles, an indication corresponding to the current status associated with the onboarding process of the one or more vehicles;
• and
• a server configured to:
• broadcast, to the one or more vehicles, the onboarding process trigger associated with marshaling the one or more vehicles,
• discern, based on the indication, the current status associated with the pre-onboarding process or the onboarding process of the one or more vehicles, and
• cause, based on the indication, the one or more vehicles to navigate toward a waypoint.