Exhaust fume monitoring on autonomous trucks

A monitoring system comprising:

• a sensor mounted on an external surface of an autonomous vehicle, wherein the sensor is configured to monitor a physical condition of the autonomous vehicle, wherein the physical condition is associated with exhaust fumes of the autonomous vehicle;
• a light emitting diode (LED) directed at the physical condition, wherein the LED enables the sensor to monitor the physical condition of the autonomous vehicle;
• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the monitoring system to:
• receive, from the sensor, data associated with the physical condition of the autonomous vehicle;
• identify one or more characteristics of the physical condition based on the data, wherein the one or more characteristics are indicative of a function of the autonomous vehicle;
• determine, based on the one or more characteristics, one or more actions for the autonomous vehicle;
• and
• transmit the one or more characteristics to a central computing system associated with a fleet of autonomous vehicles, wherein the fleet of autonomous vehicles includes at least the autonomous vehicle.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• receive, from a sensor mounted on an external surface of an autonomous vehicle, data associated with a physical condition of the autonomous vehicle, wherein the physical condition is associated with exhaust fumes of the autonomous vehicle;
• identify one or more characteristics of the physical condition based on the data, wherein the one or more characteristics are indicative of a function of the autonomous vehicle;
• determine, based on the one or more characteristics, one or more actions for the autonomous vehicle;
• and
• transmit the one or more characteristics to a central computing system associated with a fleet of autonomous vehicles, wherein the fleet of autonomous vehicles includes at least the autonomous vehicle.