A novel method is proposed to dynamically control the path following of a ground Ackerman steering robot to avoid a collision.The method consists of collision prediction module,collision avoidance module and global pa...A novel method is proposed to dynamically control the path following of a ground Ackerman steering robot to avoid a collision.The method consists of collision prediction module,collision avoidance module and global path following module.The elliptic repulsive potential field method（ER-PFM）and the enhanced vector polar histogram method（VPH＋）based on the Ackerman steering model are proposed to predict the collision in a dynamic environment.The collision avoidance is realized by the proposed cost function and speed control law.The global path following process is achieved by pure pursuit.Experiments show that the robot can fulfill the dynamic path following task safely and efficiently using the proposed method.展开更多
Research has shown that when vehicles follow the Ackerman steering principle(ASP),the tire wear can be reduced and the path tracking performance can be improved.However,in the case of four-wheel independent steering(4...Research has shown that when vehicles follow the Ackerman steering principle(ASP),the tire wear can be reduced and the path tracking performance can be improved.However,in the case of four-wheel independent steering(4WIS)vehicles,the steering systems of the four wheels are relatively independent,and there are differences and uncertainties in individual steering dynamics,which lead to challenges for all four wheels in simultaneously satisfying the ASP and may deteriorate the vehicle path tracking performance.In response to this problem,this paper introduces a four-wheel consistent coordinated steering control for 4WIS vehicles.The algorithm innovatively reconfigures the Ackerman steering relationships as coupling constraints among the wheels,and utilizes the constraint-following method to design controller.The controller achieves uniform boundedness(UB)and uniform ultimate boundedness(UUB)of ASP constraint error.The Carsim/Simulink joint simulation results demonstrate that the algorithm guarantees the approximate satisfaction of ASP in both the transient and steady-state of the vehicle path tracking.Also,it significantly improves the path tracking performance.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(91420203)
文摘A novel method is proposed to dynamically control the path following of a ground Ackerman steering robot to avoid a collision.The method consists of collision prediction module,collision avoidance module and global path following module.The elliptic repulsive potential field method（ER-PFM）and the enhanced vector polar histogram method（VPH＋）based on the Ackerman steering model are proposed to predict the collision in a dynamic environment.The collision avoidance is realized by the proposed cost function and speed control law.The global path following process is achieved by pure pursuit.Experiments show that the robot can fulfill the dynamic path following task safely and efficiently using the proposed method.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52222216,52202493,52202466,U24B20124)Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.2022JJ40059).
文摘Research has shown that when vehicles follow the Ackerman steering principle(ASP),the tire wear can be reduced and the path tracking performance can be improved.However,in the case of four-wheel independent steering(4WIS)vehicles,the steering systems of the four wheels are relatively independent,and there are differences and uncertainties in individual steering dynamics,which lead to challenges for all four wheels in simultaneously satisfying the ASP and may deteriorate the vehicle path tracking performance.In response to this problem,this paper introduces a four-wheel consistent coordinated steering control for 4WIS vehicles.The algorithm innovatively reconfigures the Ackerman steering relationships as coupling constraints among the wheels,and utilizes the constraint-following method to design controller.The controller achieves uniform boundedness(UB)and uniform ultimate boundedness(UUB)of ASP constraint error.The Carsim/Simulink joint simulation results demonstrate that the algorithm guarantees the approximate satisfaction of ASP in both the transient and steady-state of the vehicle path tracking.Also,it significantly improves the path tracking performance.
