Model Predictive Control-Based Integrated Path Tracking and Velocity Control for Autonomous Vehicle with Four-Wheel Independent Steering and Driving

This paper presents an MPC-based integrated control algorithm for an autonomous vehicle equipped with four-wheel independent steering and driving systems. The objective of this research is to improve the performance of the path and velocity tracking controllers by distributing the control effort to...

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Autores principales: Yonghwan Jeong, Seongjin Yim
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2a196e33b392467d9b5e9e4e21f62d812021-11-25T17:24:51ZModel Predictive Control-Based Integrated Path Tracking and Velocity Control for Autonomous Vehicle with Four-Wheel Independent Steering and Driving10.3390/electronics102228122079-9292https://doaj.org/article/2a196e33b392467d9b5e9e4e21f62d812021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/22/2812https://doaj.org/toc/2079-9292This paper presents an MPC-based integrated control algorithm for an autonomous vehicle equipped with four-wheel independent steering and driving systems. The objective of this research is to improve the performance of the path and velocity tracking controllers by distributing the control effort to the multiple actuators. The proposed algorithm has two modules: reference state decision and MPC-based vehicle motion controller. Reference state decision module determines reference state profiles consisting of yaw rate and velocity in order to overcome the limitation of the error dynamics-based path tracking controller, which requires several assumptions on the reference path. The MPC-based vehicle motion controller is designed with a linear time-varying vehicle model in order to optimally allocate the control effort to each actuator. A linear time-varying MPC is adopted to reduce computational burden caused by using a non-linear one. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is validated via simulation on MATLAB/Simulink and CarSim. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm improves the reference tracking performance by effectively distributing the control effort to the steering angle and driving force of each actuator.Yonghwan JeongSeongjin YimMDPI AGarticleautonomous vehiclesfour-wheel independent steeringfour-wheel independent drivingmodel predictive controlcontrol allocationpath trackingElectronicsTK7800-8360ENElectronics, Vol 10, Iss 2812, p 2812 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic autonomous vehicles
four-wheel independent steering
four-wheel independent driving
model predictive control
control allocation
path tracking
Electronics
TK7800-8360
spellingShingle autonomous vehicles
four-wheel independent steering
four-wheel independent driving
model predictive control
control allocation
path tracking
Electronics
TK7800-8360
Yonghwan Jeong
Seongjin Yim
Model Predictive Control-Based Integrated Path Tracking and Velocity Control for Autonomous Vehicle with Four-Wheel Independent Steering and Driving
description This paper presents an MPC-based integrated control algorithm for an autonomous vehicle equipped with four-wheel independent steering and driving systems. The objective of this research is to improve the performance of the path and velocity tracking controllers by distributing the control effort to the multiple actuators. The proposed algorithm has two modules: reference state decision and MPC-based vehicle motion controller. Reference state decision module determines reference state profiles consisting of yaw rate and velocity in order to overcome the limitation of the error dynamics-based path tracking controller, which requires several assumptions on the reference path. The MPC-based vehicle motion controller is designed with a linear time-varying vehicle model in order to optimally allocate the control effort to each actuator. A linear time-varying MPC is adopted to reduce computational burden caused by using a non-linear one. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is validated via simulation on MATLAB/Simulink and CarSim. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm improves the reference tracking performance by effectively distributing the control effort to the steering angle and driving force of each actuator.
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author Yonghwan Jeong
Seongjin Yim
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Seongjin Yim
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title Model Predictive Control-Based Integrated Path Tracking and Velocity Control for Autonomous Vehicle with Four-Wheel Independent Steering and Driving
title_short Model Predictive Control-Based Integrated Path Tracking and Velocity Control for Autonomous Vehicle with Four-Wheel Independent Steering and Driving
title_full Model Predictive Control-Based Integrated Path Tracking and Velocity Control for Autonomous Vehicle with Four-Wheel Independent Steering and Driving
title_fullStr Model Predictive Control-Based Integrated Path Tracking and Velocity Control for Autonomous Vehicle with Four-Wheel Independent Steering and Driving
title_full_unstemmed Model Predictive Control-Based Integrated Path Tracking and Velocity Control for Autonomous Vehicle with Four-Wheel Independent Steering and Driving
title_sort model predictive control-based integrated path tracking and velocity control for autonomous vehicle with four-wheel independent steering and driving
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
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