Systems and methods for risk-sensitive sequential action control for robotic devices

US11807267B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. · US
• The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · US

Inventors

• Haruki Nishimura · Ibaraki, JP
• Boris Ivanovic · North York, CA
• Adrien David Gaidon · Mountain View, US
• Marco Pavone · Wolfsburg, DE
• Mac Schwager · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 31, 2020
• Grant date: Nov 7, 2023
• Expiry date: Aug 31, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2556/50
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving controls in a device according to risk. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to receiving sensor data about a surrounding environment of the device, identifying objects from the sensor data that are present in the surrounding environment. The method includes generating a control sequence for controlling the device according to a risk-sensitivity parameter to navigate toward a destination while considering risk associated with encountering the objects defined by the risk-sensitivity parameter. The method includes controlling the device according to the control sequence.