SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING FUTURE INTENTIONS OF OBJECTS

Systems/methods for operating an autonomous vehicle. The methods comprise, by a computing device: using sensor data to track an object that was detected in proximity to the autonomous vehicle; classifying the object into at least one dynamic state class of a plurality of dynamic state classes; transforming the at least one dynamic state class into at least one goal class of a plurality of goal classes; transforming the at least one goal class into at least one proposed future intention class of a plurality of proposed future intention classes; determining at least one predicted future intention of the object based on the proposed future intention class; and/or causing the autonomous vehicle to perform at least one autonomous driving operation based on the at least one predicted future intention determined for the object.