My Kodiak colleague, Sandeep Baddam, describes the traversability framework we built to traverse puddles, potholes, and ditches in the Texas oilfields.
These “negative obstacles” are a major challenge of driving on dirt roads. Sandeep has achieved key results in navigating through and around these elements. Our traversability framework considers many dimensions of such negative obstacles, including depth, gradient, type, area, and then decide how to move longitudinally and laterally, to keep the truck safe and our freight moving.
Great work, Sandeep!
David Silver 