Systems and methods for trailer wheelbase measurement for autonomous vehicles

Abstract

An autonomous vehicle selectively couplable to a trailer includes at least one sensor configured to capture data of an environment in which the autonomous vehicle operates and an autonomy computing system operably coupled to the at least one sensor. The autonomy computing system includes at least one memory device in communication with at least one processor programmed to receive the sensor data from the at least one sensor as the autonomous vehicle is in motion, determine velocity of objects in proximity to the autonomous vehicle based on the sensor data, identify one or more rotating objects among the objects in proximity to the autonomous vehicle as wheels of the trailer coupled to the autonomous vehicle based on the velocity, determine a wheelbase of the autonomous vehicle coupled to the trailer based on the wheels, and control operation of the autonomous vehicle coupled to the trailer based on the wheelbase.

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