Systems and methods for autonomously following a bike group

Abstract

Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to an autonomous vehicle with bicycle-following capabilities. The system includes a processor and a memory storing machine-readable instructions. The machine-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to 1) identify a group of cyclists to be followed by a vehicle with autonomous driving capability and 2) establish a following distance for the vehicle. The following distance is a distance maintained between the vehicle and the group. The machine-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, also cause the processor to 1) calculate a width of the group and 2) control the vehicle based on the following distance and the width of the group.

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