Autonomous Fleet Size Management

摘要

A system for managing a fleet of vehicles, the system including a work site including a plurality of vehicles; a plurality of autonomous vehicles, each autonomous vehicle including an electronic processing unit configured to transmit data to a second location; a first location with an electronic processing unit configured to transmit data to the second location; and the second location with an electronic processing unit configured to determine, in response to the data transmitted by the plurality of autonomous vehicles and the first location, whether the first location is available to service a vehicle, the electronic processing unit of the second location is further configured to dispatch at least one autonomous vehicle to the first location if the first location in the work site is underserved by vehicles, and to deactivate at least one autonomous vehicle serving the first location if the first location in the work site is overserved by vehicles is disclosed.

主权项

1. A method for managing a fleet of vehicles, the method comprising:
receiving data regarding a work site at an electronic processing unit at a first location, wherein the work site comprises a plurality of vehicles; and determining, at the electronic processing unit and in response to the received data, whether a second location in the work site is available to service a vehicle, dispatching, via the electronic processing unit, at least one autonomous vehicle to the second location if the second location in the work site is underserved by vehicles, and deactivating, via the electronic processing unit, at least one autonomous vehicle serving the second location if the second location in the work site is overserved by vehicles.