Application of the VFO method to set-point control for the N-trailer vehicle with off-axle hitching

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In this article the cascaded set-point feedback controller has been proposed for kinematics of the articulated mobile vehicle equipped with arbitrary number of off-axle hitched trailers. The concept results from geometrical features of the vehicle model, and from application of the Vector-Field-Orientation method in the outer loop of the cascaded controller. Solution presented in this article is formulated in the original configuration space of the vehicle not involving any auxiliary state or input transformation. It guarantees convergence of the last vehicle segment to the prescribed neighbourhood of a desired posture along with approximate straightening of a vehicle kinematic chain during approaching the destination. Practical limits of the control input amplitudes have been taken into account during the control law derivation by the application of a simple on-line scaling procedure to the nominally computed control functions. Results of numerical simulations illustrate effectiveness of the method for a 3-trailer vehicle.View full textDownload full textKeywordsn-trailer vehicle, off-axle hitching, kinematics, cascaded feedback control, vector fieldsRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207179.2012.658524