Dynamic Virtual Safety Bubbles for Autonomous Mowing Vehicle

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, cause the computer processor to perform operations comprising:

• capturing image data from a camera system of an autonomous mowing vehicle;
• detecting at least one object in an environment surrounding the autonomous mowing vehicle based on the image data;
• generating a virtual buffer for the object, the virtual buffer positioned around the object;
• generating a plurality of virtual safety bubbles around the autonomous mowing vehicle based on a configuration of the autonomous mowing vehicle;
• and
• performing autonomous operation of the mowing vehicle to perform one or more landscaping actions in the environment while evading breach of the plurality of
• virtual safety bubbles by the virtual buffer of the object.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• capturing image data from a camera system of an autonomous mowing vehicle;
• detecting at least one object in an environment surrounding the autonomous mowing vehicle based on the image data;
• generating a virtual buffer for the object, the virtual buffer positioned around the object;
• generating a plurality of virtual safety bubbles around the autonomous mowing vehicle based on a configuration of the autonomous mowing vehicle;
• and
• performing autonomous operation of the mowing vehicle to perform one or more landscaping actions in the environment while evading breach of the plurality of virtual safety bubbles by the virtual buffer of the object.