Enhanced Sliding Mode Controls for Autonomous Vehicles

This paper presents a solution to the steering and acceleration control of autonomous vehicles. Two parametric physics-based models, kinematic and dynamic, are developed for four-wheeled rear-wheel drive vehicles. A nonlinear control strategy is performed using sliding mode control. Three tuning str...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor: Ye, Daniel
Formato: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/414371
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/414371
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Automated vehicles
Vehicles autònoms
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria mecànica
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Resumo:This paper presents a solution to the steering and acceleration control of autonomous vehicles. Two parametric physics-based models, kinematic and dynamic, are developed for four-wheeled rear-wheel drive vehicles. A nonlinear control strategy is performed using sliding mode control. Three tuning strategies, pseudo-greedy search, genetic algorithms, and particle swarm optimization are applied to determine controller parameters. A comparison of sliding mode control and linear parameter-varying model predictive control is studied. Robustness against nonlinearity and parametric uncertainty in the model are the main advantages of the sliding control method. Nevertheless, chattering is the main drawback; thus, advanced design in the sliding surface is implemented. The proposed control strategies and tuning strategies are implemented with Matlab in a cloud virtual environment. Additionally, the theoretical development of linear matrix inequality-based sliding mode control using a dynamic model considering the effect of slip angle is presented.