Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to a systems and methods for assessing turns made by one or more vehicles. According to various embodiments, the system is configured to identify, based telematics data captured from the vehicles, turns executed by the vehicle during a particular time period. The system is further configured to analyze the identified turns to determine and display various turn segment attributes to a user in order to provide an indication of turns having an abnormal or excessive duration and/or to provide overall efficiency-indicative information relating to the vehicle turns.

An electric steering device includes an electric actuator which generates a steering assist force for a steering mechanism of a vehicle, a control unit which controls the steering assist force generated from the electric actuator based on an operation of a steering wheel by a driver, an ignition signal detection unit which detects presence or absence of an ignition signal of the vehicle, and a speed acquisition unit which acquires a running speed of the vehicle. In a case that the ignition signal is not detected and the running speed is a predetermined speed or more, the control unit reduces an upper limit of the steering assist force generated from the electric actuator so as to be smaller than an upper limit in a case that the ignition signal is detected.

An underwater powered observation system useful for ice fishing and capable of driving down an augured hole in the ice in a particular orientation that receives propulsion directions via a miniature multi-conductor cable connected to a color monitor integral to a control unit. The submersible vehicle assembly is powered by an onboard rechargeable battery that energizes both horizontal and vertical thrusters to guide and move the vehicle assembly through the water from directions communicated by the control unit. The submersible vehicle assembly may include a laser adapted to be directed to the underside of ice so as to locate the vehicle assembly allowing the user to cut a hole using a standard commercial ice auger in the ice at or near fish. In this manner the vehicle assembly may be utilized for the underwater tasks of locating fish, observing scenery, boat and pier inspection, object recovery, and other underwater tasks. The submersible vehicle assembly is particularly useful for ice fishing where such submersible vehicle assembly may controlled under the ice to locations of fish.

An underwater powered observation system useful for ice fishing and capable of driving down an augured hole in the ice in a particular orientation that receives propulsion directions via a miniature multi-conductor cable connected to a color monitor integral to a control unit. The submersible vehicle assembly is powered by an onboard rechargeable battery that energizes both horizontal and vertical thrusters to guide and move the vehicle assembly through the water from directions communicated by the control unit. The submersible vehicle assembly may include a laser adapted to be directed to the underside of ice so as to locate the vehicle assembly allowing the user to cut a hole using a standard commercial ice auger in the ice at or near fish. In this manner the vehicle assembly may be utilized for the underwater tasks of locating fish, observing scenery, boat and pier inspection, object recovery, and other underwater tasks. The submersible vehicle assembly is particularly useful for ice fishing where such submersible vehicle assembly may controlled under the ice to locations of fish.

A vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a camera configured to detect a target object in a parking space and a controller programmed to advance the vehicle into the parking space based on a yaw angle of the vehicle and a distance to the target object in response to the camera detecting the presence of the target object. The distance to the target object is based on a vector representing a boundary of the target object.

A method including propelling a vehicle disposed in a medium. The vehicle includes a body, a propulsion mechanism connected to the body, and a direction control system. The vehicle is subject to advection caused by movement of the medium. The method also includes commanding the vehicle to perform a navigation course comprising a closed course-over-ground. The method also includes periodically adjusting navigation of the vehicle along the closed course-over-ground such that a course-through-the-medium turn-rate is varied in a manner that causes a course-over-ground turn-rate of the vehicle to be held constant, thereby minimizing the impact of medium advection on vehicle speed over ground.

A travel control method includes using the vehicle to autonomously control a travel of the vehicle. The vehicle has an autonomous speed control function for autonomously controlling a traveling speed of the vehicle and an autonomous steering control function for autonomously controlling the steering of the vehicle. The autonomous speed control function includes a curved route speed control function for controlling the traveling speed of the vehicle at a set speed corresponding to the size of a curve of a travel route. The curved route speed control function can be set to ON/OFF. Each of the autonomous speed control function and the autonomous steering control function can be set to ON/OFF. When the autonomous speed control function and the autonomous steering control function are set to ON, the curved route speed control function is operated regardless of whether the curved route speed control function is set to ON or OFF.

A flexible underwater robot, a control method and a device is provided with at least one movable joint and a control module. A flexible joint module of the movable joint comprises a first connecting plate, a second connecting plate, a first spring, several second springs, several third springs, several first pulling ropes, several second pulling ropes and a pulling module. The first spring, the second springs and the third springs are arranged from inside to outside in sequence with gradually decreased rigidities correspondingly to form a gradual rigidity structure, so that it is more flexible to adjust a posture. When the robot is impacted, it may absorb and release energy to ensure the integrity of the flexible joint module, so that the stability is improved.

A device for lateral guidance assistance for a vehicle includes a programmable electronic control unit and a plurality of distance sensors configured to capture obstacles to a side of and/or behind the vehicle within one or more defined warning regions. The device also includes an optical sensor device configured to capture a lane width of a current lane and/or a lane width of a neighboring lane. The programmable electronic control unit is configured such that at least one of the defined warning regions is defined in a temporally and/or spatially variable manner based on the lane width of the current lane and/or the neighboring lane.

An omnidirectional underwater vehicle includes an open-frame mechanism including a frame with top thrusters at four corners of a top end of the frame; mechanical arms disposed at a front end of the frame; and a rotary holder disposed in the frame and including a motor fixing plate, an upper bearing fixing plate and a lower bearing fixing plate. A cylindrical roller bearing is fixed between the upper bearing fixing plate and the lower bearing fixing plate, and an inner edge of the cylindrical roller bearing is provided with two bearing clip inner plates from top to bottom. A servo motor is fixed on the motor fixing plate, a bottom end of the bearing clip inner plate at the bottom is fixedly connected to a steering gear fixing plate, and a top end of the steering gear fixing plate is provided with fully waterproof steering gears installed with underwater thrusters.