A method for a remote driving of a mobile vehicle having wheels is provided. The method comprises the steps of: accepting a start request for the remote driving; acquiring information on a target steering angle of the wheels generated in a remote driving device and information on an actual steering angle of the wheels; and permitting a start of the remote driving including a remote steering of the wheels based on the target steering angle when the start request is accepted and the target steering angle and the actual steering angle match.

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for locating, identifying, and tracking a known criminal, fugitive, missing person, and/or any other person of interest. An embodiment operates by deploying an unmanned aerial vehicle, determining the mode of operation of the UAV, operating the UAV in accordance with the mode of operation of the UAV, determining whether a subject has been detected, capturing a first voice sample associated with the subject, authenticating the identity of the subject, and transmitting the GPS location of the unmanned aerial vehicle to a computing device.

An agricultural hitch with a system for management and guidance of maneuvers and a method employed by the hitch is provided. The hitch includes a tractor, an agricultural machine hitched by an articulated linkage, and a system for management and guidance of maneuvers, provided with a computing and control unit. The computing and control unit or of the hitched agricultural machine constitutes the master unit of the system for management and guidance of maneuvers, and is adapted to compute a set path for a maneuver to come, by employing an algorithm for prediction of paths and an algorithm for optimization of path settings, and to automatically execute the maneuver or of assisting in semiautomatic execution of the maneuver by steering the tractor and by recording, during maneuvering, the differences between the predefined set path and the real or currently estimated path.

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for locating, identifying, and tracking a known criminal, fugitive, missing person, and/or any other person of interest. An embodiment operates by deploying an unmanned aerial vehicle, determining the mode of operation of the UAV, operating the UAV in accordance with the mode of operation of the UAV, determining whether a subject has been detected, capturing a first voice sample associated with the subject, authenticating the identity of the subject, and transmitting the GPS location of the unmanned aerial vehicle to a computing device.

A method for a remote driving of a mobile vehicle having wheels is provided. The method comprises the steps of: accepting a start request for the remote driving; acquiring information on a target steering angle of the wheels generated in a remote driving device and information on an actual steering angle of the wheels; and permitting a start of the remote driving including a remote steering of the wheels based on the target steering angle when the start request is accepted and the target steering angle and the actual steering angle match.

A vehicle manufacturing system includes: acquisition unit for acquiring a set value of a straight-ahead steering angle; detection unit for detecting position information on a position of the vehicle; a first control unit for performing a feedback-control of a steering angle of the vehicle in accordance with a straight route and the position information in such a way that the vehicle moves along a straight route in a first period; update unit for updating the set value of the straight-ahead steering angle in accordance with a result of traveling in the first period to obtain an update value; and a second control unit for controlling the steering angle by making distributions of a feedback component and a feedforward component change from those in the control in the first control unit in a second period in which the vehicle moves to a second point.

A transport robot can be controlled so that a connected trailer drives without colliding with an obstacle, the transport robot comprising: a body comprising a driving unit; and a connector holder which is positioned on the body and has a connector of a trailer coupled thereto, wherein the connector holder comprises: a fixed bracket fixed to the body, a rotation bracket rotatably coupled to the fixed bracket; a coupling pin which penetrates the connector of the trailer and is coupled to the rotation bracket, and an encoder for detecting rotation of the rotation bracket.

Embodiments provided include a method that includes creating a first restriction zone for a covered environment, where the first restriction zone defines an area within which a vehicle must comply with a first policy, defining the first policy, and defining a second policy for the first restriction zone. Some embodiments include determining a location and an orientation of the vehicle, determining from the location and the orientation, that the vehicle is approaching the first restriction zone, and in response to determining that the vehicle is approaching the first restriction zone, determining whether the first policy applies to the vehicle and, in response to determining that the first policy applies to the vehicle, sending the vehicle the first policy, which causes the vehicle to adjust current operation to comply with the first policy when the vehicle enters the first restriction zone.

Embodiments provided herein include systems and methods for location-based field shaping. One embodiment of a system includes a materials handling vehicle and a computing device that are configured to receive location data via at least one of the plurality of transceiver anchors, receive sensor data from at least one sensor related to the characteristic of operation of the materials handling vehicle, and determine a first location of the materials handling vehicle in the covered environment. Some embodiments may be configured to determine a vector of movement of the materials handling vehicle, determine a shaped detection field for the materials handling vehicle from the vector of movement, and detect an object that encroaches on the shaped detection field. Some embodiments may be configured to send information to the materials handling vehicle to alter operation of the materials handling vehicle to reduce a likelihood of collision with the object.

A method for snake robot navigation, the method including: providing a snake robot comprising a plurality of modules and a plurality of tactile sensors disposed thereon; planning a path over a terrain between an initial position and a target location; detecting a tactile datum from the plurality of tactile sensors; selecting, based on the path, one of a plurality of gaits the snake robot may perform by relative movement of the plurality of modules; dynamically adjusting the selected gait based on the tactile datum; and commanding the plurality of modules to perform the adjusted gait.