An autonomous vehicle having sensors advantageously varied in capabilities, advantageously positioned, and advantageously impervious to environmental conditions. A system executing on the autonomous vehicle that can receive a map including, for example, substantially discontinuous surface features along with data from the sensors, create an occupancy grid based upon the map and the data, and change the configuration of the autonomous vehicle based upon the type of surface on which the autonomous vehicle navigates. The device can safely navigate surfaces and surface features, including traversing discontinuous surfaces and other obstacles.

A method using a system and a system having at least one autonomous vehicle, with the autonomous vehicle having at least one drive, at least one brake, and at least one steering, with the vehicle having a navigation system, with the navigation system having a first radio receiver for a global navigation satellite system and a second radio receiver for a global navigation satellite system, with the first radio receiver and the second radio receiver being arranged at a predefined spacing on the vehicle, with the navigation system having a control and evaluation unit to which the first radio receiver and the second radio receiver are connected, with the control and evaluation unit having two independent processor units, with the control and evaluation unit being configured to evaluate the position data of the first radio receiver and the position data of the second radio receiver using both processor units and to compare them with one another, and with the control and evaluation unit being configured to generate checked position data on a valid agreement of the position data.

Systems and methods for coordinating and controlling vehicles, for example heavy trucks, to follow closely behind each other, or linking to form a platoon. In one aspect, on-board controllers in each vehicle interact with vehicular sensors to monitor and control, for example, gear ratios on vehicles. A front vehicle can shift a gear which, via a vehicle-to-vehicle communication link, can cause a rear vehicle to shift gears. To maintain a gap, vehicles may shift gears at various relative positions based on a grade of a road.

A work site equipment grouping system includes a plurality of work machines including a first work machine and a second work machine. Each work machine is configured to wirelessly communicate with other work machines. The system further includes a local area network including a plurality of communicatively connected nodes, the nodes including the first work machine and the second work machine. The system further includes a third work machine configured to detect one of the first work machine or the second work machine within a signal range of the third work machine and, upon detecting one of the first work machine or the second work machine, automatically join the local area network.

A vehicle includes a sensor configured to provide sensor data indicative of an environment outside the vehicle; a transceiver configured to communicate with a server; and a controller configured to, responsive to the sensor data indicative of a predefined trigger event, send a request for remote guidance to the server, receive an instruction from the server indicative of a first trajectory having a first priority and a second trajectory having a second priority, and perform a driving maneuver to implement one of the first trajectory or the second trajectory.

The present invention relates to a technical idea for providing a delivery service on regular and irregular roads using autonomous vehicles. More specifically, the present invention relates to technology in which, on a regular road, a lead vehicle and at least one droid vehicle are coupled to each other and a delivery service is provided based on autonomous driving; and on an irregular road, the coupling between the lead vehicle and the droid vehicle is automatically released and the droid vehicle provides a delivery service by remotely controlling the driving of the droid vehicle by the lead vehicle in the last mile delivery section corresponding to the irregular road. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for providing a delivery service using autonomous vehicles may provide a delivery service on an irregular road where entry of normal vehicles is not allowed and a regular road where entry of small and low-speed vehicles is not allowed and may include a droid vehicle for providing a delivery service using limited autonomous driving performance in a last mile delivery section corresponding to the irregular road; and a lead vehicle for providing a delivery service based on autonomous driving on the regular road, transporting the droid vehicle by being coupled to the droid vehicle on the regular road, and remotely controlling driving of the droid vehicle after being separated from the droid vehicle in the last mile delivery section.

A worksite connection system includes a first machine including a first connectivity module, a second machine including a second connectivity module, and a third machine including a third connectivity module. When the first connectivity module and the second connectivity module are communicatively connected to provide a local wireless worksite network, the third connectivity module is configured to automatically join the local wireless worksite network when the third connectivity module is within a signal range of at least one of the first connectivity module or the second connectivity module.

A system for autonomous or semi-autonomous operation of a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a machine automation portal (MAP) application configured to enable a computing device to (a) display a map of a work site and (b) provide a graphical user interface that enables a user to (i) define a boundary of an autonomous operating zone on the map and (ii) define a boundary of one or more exclusion zones. The system also includes a robotics processing unit configured to (a) receive the boundary of the autonomous operating zone and the boundary of each exclusion zone from the computing device, (b) generate a planned command path that the vehicle will travel to perform a task within the autonomous operating zone while avoiding each exclusion zone, and (c) control operation of the vehicle so that the vehicle travels the planned command path to perform the task.

A mobile robot receives first transmission information transmitted from a server device to manage the mobile robot in a state where wireless communication with the server device is possible, directly executes wireless communication with another mobile robot among the mobile robots and executes a reception process of receiving the first transmission information transmitted from the server device to manage the mobile robot from the other mobile robot in a case where wireless communication with the server device is not possible.

A reference cost and a variable cost are included in a link cost for setting a set route for causing a setting vehicle to travel to a destination on a travelable route. A controller obtains an adjusted variable cost by adjusting a variable cost using a priority adjustment value set higher as a priority for arriving more quickly at a destination decreases, determines a link cost for each link in a candidate route, which is a candidate for a set route for a setting vehicle, based on the adjusted variable cost and the reference cost, obtains a route cost for each candidate route based on the link costs, and sets the set route based on the route costs of the candidate routes.