Self-driving vehicle sensor fault remediation

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a device to cause the device to:

• detect a fault in one or more sensors of a self-driving vehicle;
• determine a remedial action in response to the detected fault, wherein said determining comprises (i) comparing the fault to a database comprising (a) historical sensor fault information and (b) sensor fault remedy information, (ii) analyzing one or more items of contextual information pertaining to the location of the self-driving vehicle, and (iii) generating an estimated risk associated with the detected fault being dangerous to at least one of the self-driving vehicle, a passenger of the self-driving vehicle, and a pedestrian proximate to the self-driving vehicle;
• generate a signal comprising one or more instructions pertaining to carrying out the determined remedial action;
• and
• output the generated signal to one or more remote-controlled pilotless airborne devices configured to remotely carry out the determined remedial action on the self-driving vehicle.

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured for:
• detecting a fault in one or more sensors of a self-driving vehicle;
• determining a remedial action in response to the detected fault, wherein said determining comprises (i) comparing the fault to a database comprising (a) historical sensor fault information and (b) sensor fault remedy information, (ii) analyzing one or more items of contextual information pertaining to the location of the self-driving vehicle, and (iii) generating an estimated risk associated with the detected fault being dangerous to at least one of the self-driving vehicle, a passenger of the self-driving vehicle, and a pedestrian proximate to the self-driving vehicle;
• generating a signal comprising one or more instructions pertaining to carrying out the determined remedial action;
• and
• outputting the generated signal to one or more remote-controlled pilotless airborne devices configured to remotely carry out the determined remedial action on the self-driving vehicle.