World Electric Vehicle Journal (May 2024)

Path-Following Control of Unmanned Vehicles Based on Optimal Preview Time Model Predictive Control

  • Xinyu Wang,
  • Xiao Ye,
  • Yipeng Zhou,
  • Cong Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj15060221
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 6
p. 221

Abstract

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In order to reduce the lateral error of path-following control of unmanned vehicles under variable curvature paths, we propose a path-following control strategy for unmanned vehicles based on optimal preview time model predictive control (OP-MPC). The strategy includes the longitudinal speed limit, the optimal preview time surface, and the model predictive control (MPC)controller. The longitudinal speed limit controls speed to prevent vehicle rollover and sideslip. The optimal preview time surface adjusts the preview time according to the vehicle speed and path curvature. The preview point determined by the preview time is used as the reference waypoint of OP-MPC controller. Finally, the effectiveness of the strategy was verified through simulation and with the real unmanned vehicle. The maximum lateral deviation obtained by the OP-MPC controller was reduced from 0.522 m to 0.145 m under the simulation compared with an MPC controller. The maximum lateral deviation obtained by the OP-MPC controller was reduced from 0.5185 m to 0.2298 m under the real unmanned vehicle compared with the MPC controller.

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