Modular vehicles with detachable pods

The subject matter of this specification generally relates to modular vehicles including separable pod and base units. In some implementations, a computing system installed in a vehicle base identifies a vehicle pod that is detachably connected to a chassis on the vehicle base. In response to identi...

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Hauptverfasser:	Larsen, Kristina Liv, Ogden, Rowan M, Grundmann, Michael Jason, Watson, Phillip Edwin, Jessen, Johan Ulrich Lewin, Bauerly, Michael Patrick, Schubert, Martin Friedrich
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING CONTROLLING COUNTING DIGITAL FLUID-PRESSURE COMPUTING DEVICES LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS MOTOR VEHICLES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS REGULATING SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES TRAILERS TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	The subject matter of this specification generally relates to modular vehicles including separable pod and base units. In some implementations, a computing system installed in a vehicle base identifies a vehicle pod that is detachably connected to a chassis on the vehicle base. In response to identifying that the vehicle pod is detachably connected to the chassis on the vehicle base, a communications link can be established between the computing system installed in the vehicle base and a computing system installed in the vehicle pod. Based on information obtained through the communications link, the computing system installed in the vehicle base can determine a particular configuration of the vehicle pod that is detachably connected to the chassis. The computing system can then verify that the vehicle base can safely transport the vehicle pod while the vehicle pod is detachably connected.