Vehicle management system and method therefor

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a vehicle management system (100) and a method (200) for safely controlling at least one vehicle (102) in an operational environment (OE). The vehicle management system (100) comprises at least one data acquisition device (110) configured to acquire point cloud data representative of one or more objects and the at least one vehicle (102) within the operational environment (OE). The system further comprises a data processing unit (120), communicably coupled to the at least one data acquisition device (110) via a communication interface (130) and configured to receive and aggregate the point cloud data and process the aggregated data to generate a unified point cloud map of the operational environment (OE). The system further comprises a server arrangement (140) configured to determine an operational status of each of the at least one data acquisition device and determine operational parameters for one or more of the at least one vehicle and the dynamic objects via the unified point cloud map. The system further comprises a vehicle control unit (150) and a safety control unit (160), configured to define mission parameters and a safety zone, respectively, for the at least one vehicle.