Title: Design of robust output-feedback-based automatic steering controller for unmanned electric vehicles

Authors: Keqiang Li; Jinghua Guo; Yugong Luo

Addresses: State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China ' Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China ' State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

Abstract: This paper presents a robust output-feedback-based automatic steering control scheme for unmanned electric vehicles (UEV). To address the challenging problem, an uncertain dynamic model of the UEV is firstly developed, in which the uncertainties in the tyre cornering stiffness and the actuator faults are included. Then, to deal with the uncertain features and actuator faults of UEV, a robust output-feedback-based control algorithm for automatic steering system of UEV is proposed to achieve the prescribed transient for path tracking errors while keeping all other closed-loop signals bounded. Finally, simulation and experimental results demonstrate that the proposed automatic steering control scheme can effectively improve the tracking performance of UEV.

Keywords: automatic steering controller; UEV; unmanned electric vehicles; actuator faults; robust control; uncertainties.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2019.101521

International Journal of Vehicle Design, 2019 Vol.79 No.1, pp.63 - 83

Accepted: 15 May 2019
Published online: 11 Aug 2019 *

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