Title
A Path Tracking Approach for Autonomous Driving on Slippery Surfaces
Abstract
In this paper a linear Model Predictive Control (MPC) based controller for the path tracking of a given trajectory is proposed, which generates suitable references for the dynamical vehicle states. The goal of the path tracking is to achieve good performance on slippery conditions. The equations describing the evolution of the path are linearized in order to obtain a suitable model, and linear constraints on the produced reference states are applied based on the prior knowledge of the reachable equilibrium states which characterize steady-state cornering. A previously proposed low-level LQR-ISM (Integral Sliding Mode) controller is exploited for reference tracking, where the ISM component is required in order to enhance the robustness with respect to the several approximations introduced by the linearized models. IPG-CarMaker, a high-fidelity vehicle dynamics simulation software, is used for the validation. The performance is verified on a wet asphalt track characterized by segments of different curvature, and compared against the CarMaker driver.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/ICCVE45908.2019.8965231
2019 IEEE International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo (ICCVE)
Keywords
Field
DocType
path tracking approach,autonomous driving,slippery surfaces,low-level LQR-ISM controller,reference tracking,high-fidelity vehicle dynamics simulation software,wet asphalt track,linear model predictive control based controller,IPG-CarMaker,integral sliding mode controller
Integral sliding mode,Control theory,Simulation software,Curvature,Computer science,Control theory,Robustness (computer science),Vehicle dynamics,Trajectory,Path tracking
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2378-1289
978-1-7281-0143-9
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Enrico Regolin131.14
Massimo Zambelli241.51
Marco Vanzulli300.34
A. Ferrara4953126.03