Autonomous vehicles can offer affordable, accessible, and efficient transportation for passengers and cargo. For passengers with different mobility abilities, it can be a challenge to enter and exit an autonomous vehicle. It may also be difficult to bring a wheeled carrier in and out of an autonomous vehicle. A smart ramp can be included with an autonomous vehicle to improve the experience and safety of those with different mobility abilities, and to make it easier for wheeled carriers to go up and go down the ramp. The smart ramp has actuatable tiles that can be selectively actuated based on the position of a wheel of a wheeled carrier and a direction of travel of the wheeled carrier. The tiles may have a rubber-like material on a top side to provide grip and traction for users of the ramp.
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE WITH A SMART RAMP FOR WHEELED CARRIERS
2025-01-16
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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