Steering Control and Automatic Tuning to Compensate for Road Cant

Autor: Yoshihiro Suda, Takuma Ario, Toshiyuki Sugimachi, Takanori Fukao
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: International Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems Research. 17:142-149
ISSN: 1868-8659
1348-8503
Popis: Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) initiated the “Energy ITS” project in 2008, to evaluate methods of reducing CO2 emissions using Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) applications. The goal of the “Steering Control and Automatic Tuning to Compensate for Road Cant” project is to develop techniques for autonomous platooning of heavy-duty trucks to reduce their air resistance in expressway driving, thereby reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. This study describes a steering control method based on path following, which uses feedforward control to respond to road cant. The output of the feedforward controller is used to maintain lateral control of the vehicle, turning the steering wheel to keep the vehicle within specified offsets of the ideal path. Experimental results that demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach are provided.
Databáze: OpenAIRE