ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,896, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to TORC Robotics Inc. (Blacksburg, Va.).
"Optimization function for turn planning" was invented by Scott Schlacter (Blacksburg, Va.), Manas Gupta (Blacksburg, Va.), Zachary Brock (Blacksburg, Va.) and Mihir Deshingkar (Blacksburg, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments herein include an oversized automated vehicle having a trailer portion and tractor portion performing a J-hook turn at an intersection. The automated vehicle includes an autonomy system for gathering and processing various types of data. The autonomy system generates a candidate trajectory, including the trailer path and the t...