Autonomous Vehicle Systems the Focus of Perrone Robotics Campaign

Perrone Robotics, Inc., together with its subsidiary Perrone Robotics Innovations LLC (PRI), has filed separate lawsuits against Hyundai (3:25-cv-00981), Mazda (3:25-cv-00983), Nissan (3:25-cv-00982), Tesla (3:25-cv-00974), and Volkswagen (3:25-cv-00984) in the Eastern District of Virginia, as well as against Kia (2:25-cv-01151) and Toyota (2:25-cv-01150) in the Eastern District of Texas. The plaintiff characterizes the five patents in suit against each defendant as “generally describ[ing] a GPROS [general purpose robotics operating system] to manage an autonomous vehicle service”, with infringement allegations targeting the provision of vehicles with certain advanced driver assistance systems (ADASes, e.g., Hyundai SmartSense, Mazda i-ACTIVSENSE, Nissan ProPILOT Assist, Volkswagen IQ.DRIVE, etc.).