Lateral-Acceleration-Based Vehicle-Models-Blending for Automated Driving Controllers
Author/s
Matute-Peaspan, Jose A.; Marcano, Mauricio; Diaz, Sergio; Zubizarreta, Asier; Perez, JoshueDate
2020-10-13Keywords
Vehicle-model blending
Trajectory tracking
Model predictive control
Automated driving
Vehicle control
Abstract
Model-based trajectory tracking has become a widely used technique for automated driving system applications. A critical design decision is the proper selection of a vehicle model that achieves the best trade-off between real-time capability and robustness. Blending different types of vehicle models is a recent practice to increase the operating range of model-based trajectory tracking control applications. However, current approaches focus on the use of longitudinal speed as the blending parameter, with a formal procedure to tune and select its parameters still lacking. This work presents a novel approach based on lateral accelerations, along with a formal procedure and criteria to tune and select blending parameters, for its use on model-based predictive controllers for autonomous driving. An electric passenger bus traveling at different speeds over urban routes is proposed as a case study. Results demonstrate that the lateral acceleration, which is proportional to the lateral forces ...
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