International Business Machines Corporation
Navigation via predictive task scheduling interruption for autonomous vehicles

Abstract:

According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for navigating driverless vehicles is provided. The present invention may include ingesting data pertaining to the operation of the driverless vehicle, utilizing that data to predict tasks, which are driverless vehicle service tasks such as parking, maintenance, fueling, et cetera. The invention may further include determining the risk that a user may have need of the driverless vehicle, and scheduling the tasks to provide a balanced combination of convenience to the user, effective maintenance of the driverless vehicle, cost, and time. The method further includes navigating the driverless vehicle to accomplish the scheduled tasks.