AUTOMATED VEHICLE ROUTE PLANNER WITH ROUTE DIFFICULTY SCORING

A route-planning system (10) suitable for use on an automated vehicle (12) includes a memory (20) and a controller (30). The memory (20) is used to store map-data (22) indicative of a plurality of possible-routes (24) to a destination (26). Each possible- route is characterized by a difficulty-score (28). The controller (30) is in communication with the memory (20). The controller (30) is operable to select from the memory (20) a preferred-route (52) from the plurality of possible-routes (24). The preferred-route (52) is selected based on the difficulty-score (28).