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Slip Detection and Control Algorithm to Improve Path Tracking Performance of Four-Wheel Independently Actuated Farming Platform (4륜 독립구동형 농업용 플랫폼의 주행 궤적 추종 성능 향상을 위한 휠 슬립 검출 및 보상제어 알고리즘 연구)

  • Kim, Bongsang;Cho, Sungwoo;Moon, Heechang
    • The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.221-232
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    • 2020
  • In a four-wheel independent drive platform, four wheels and motors are connected directly, and the rotation of the motors generates the power of the platform. It uses a skid steering system that steers based on the difference in rotational power between wheel motors. The platform can control the speed of each wheel individually and has excellent mobility on dirt roads. However, the difficulty of the straight-running is caused due to torque distribution variation in each wheel's motor, and the direction of rotation of the wheel, and moving direction of the platform, and the difference of the platform's target direction. This paper describes an algorithm to detect the slip generated on each wheel when a four-wheel independent drive platform is traveling in a harsh environment. When the slip is detected, a compensation control algorithm is activated to compensate the torque of the motor mounted on the platform to improve the trajectory tracking performance of the platform. The four-wheel independent drive platform developed for this study verified the algorithm. The wheel slip detection and the compensation control algorithm of the platform are expected to improve the stability of trajectory tracking.

A Study on In-wheel Motor Control to Improve Vehicle Stability Using Human-in-the-Loop Simulation

  • Ko, Sung-Yeon;Ko, Ji-Weon;Lee, Sang-Moon;Cheon, Jae-Seung;Kim, Hyun-Soo
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.536-545
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    • 2013
  • In this study, an integrated motor control algorithm for an in-wheel electric vehicle is suggested. It consists of slip control that controls the in-wheel motor torque using the road friction coefficient and slip ratio; yaw rate control that controls the in-wheel motor torque according to the road friction coefficient and the yaw rate error; and velocity control that controls the vehicle velocity by a weight factor based on the road friction coefficient and the yaw rate error. A co-simulator was developed, which combined the vehicle performance simulator based on MATLAB/Simulink and the vehicle model of CarSim. Based on the co-simulator, a human-in-the-loop simulation environment was constructed, in which a driver can directly control the steering wheel, the accelerator pedal, and the brake pedal in real time. The performance of the integrated motor control algorithm for the in-wheel electric vehicle was evaluated through human-in-the-loop simulations.

A Study on Improving Driving Stability System by Yaw Moment Control (요우모멘트를 통한 주행안정성 향상 제어 알고리즘에 관한 연구)

  • Park Jung-hyen;Kim Soon-ho
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.392-397
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    • 2006
  • This paper proposed yaw moment control scheme using braking and active rear wheel steering for improving driving stability especially in high speed driving. Its characteristics the unified chassis control system of two equipment that 4WS(4 Wheel Steering) and ESP(Electronic Stability Program). in this study the performance of the vehicle was compared each equipment. And conventional ABS and TCS can only possible to control the longitudinal movement of braking equipment and drive which can only available to control of longitudinal direction. There after new braking system ESP was developed, which controls both of longitudinal and lateral, with adding of the function of controlling Active Yaw Moment. On this paper, we show about not only designing of improved braking and steering system through establishing of the integrated control system design of 4WS and ESP but also designing of the system contribute to precautious for advanced vehicle stability problem.

The Impact Loads on the Hitch Point of the Tiller-Trailer System (동력경운기의 경사지 견인 및 주행 특성에 관한 연구(제일보)-동력경운기 -트레일계의 힛치점에 작용하는 충격력-)

  • 송현갑;장창주
    • Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.33-48
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    • 1977
  • Transporting agricultural products and the other material by the two-wheel-tractor (power-tiler)and trailer system may be one of its most widely used farming functions.The safety and hitching load for all the previaling performing conditions may be the general concern over the operation of the tiller-trailer system. In this study, a mathematical model to determine the static and dynamic forces excerting on the hitch point were developed . Based on the analysis of the model and the field measurements. the limiting hitching load and critical slope were analyzed. The results of the study are summarized as follows ; 1) The limit angle of slope land for the safety steering that two-wheel tractor-single axle trailer system was able to transport agricultural products was the direct angle (${\gamma}$) = 8 ; the cross angle$\beta$) 15 ; and it was decreased in accordance with the increase of carrying load ($W_4). 2) The critical velocity for safe operation in case of running on downward hill road was about 1.08m/sec. 3) The limiting carrying load for the safe steering was W$_4$=600kg. The degree of the safe steering for different braking methods was given in order as follows ; Simulataneous braking the tractor and trailer , braking the trailer only, and braking tractor only. 4) Among the three components of impact loads excerting on the hitch point, the component in the lateral direction ($P_{Vy}$) was near zero in spite of increase of hitching load ($W_4) , while the components in the other two mutually perpedicular directions ($P_{Vx}$ and ($P_{Vz}$) ) had larger values in horizontal plane than those in the slope lands. 5) Moment of forces on the lateral direction (M$y$) had the largest value among the three components of impact moment acting on the hitch point, however all the components were sharply increased in accordance with the increase of hitching loads ($W_4. Three components of the moment were the negative values.

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Study on the Parameters to Decrease the Torque in ITR Part (ITR의 회전토크저감을 위한 조립인자에 대한 연구)

  • Choi Seogou;Kim In Ho;Lim Seong Joo
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.26-31
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    • 2005
  • ITR(Inne. Tie Rod) is one of the core parts in an automobile steering system. The front wheels are connected to the steering system, which are controlled by steering wheel through the ITR. Improvement of assembling ITR is needed f3r drivers' satisfaction. Therefore, the parameters influencing the rotational torque were studied and analyzed. The useful results can be obtained, and could be applied to manufacture ITR. Through these manufacturing technologies, high quality ITR have been manufactured with high productivity.

A Study on the Torque Distribution for Improving the Turning Performance of a Vehicle with Torque Vectoring System (토크 벡터링 시스템이 적용된 차량의 선회 성능 향상을 위한 토크 분배에 관한 연구)

  • SeHyeoun Kim;TaeKue Kim;SoongKeun Lee;DongGun Choi;InGyu Choi;Gunpyoung Kwak
    • Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.35-43
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    • 2023
  • In next-generation electric vehicles, research is being conducted on an in-wheel motor system that directly controls torque by each wheel to improve total cost and driving performance. Accordingly, in this paper, a study was conducted on an algorithm that distributes the torque applied to each wheel in a torque vectoring system applied to an in-wheel motor for driving an electric vehicle. In order to implement a vehicle model that applies actual vehicle characteristic parameters according to vehicle driving and steering, a simulation was conducted in the MATLAB Simulink environment, and it was confirmed that torque distribution was performed according to the proposed algorithm.

Estiamation of Vehicle Sideslip Angle for Four-Wheel Steering Passenger Cars

  • Kim, Hwan-Seoung;You, Sam-Sang
    • Transactions on Control, Automation and Systems Engineering
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.71-76
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    • 2001
  • This paper deals with an estimation method for sideslip angle by using an unknown disturbance observation technique in 4WS passenger car systems. Firstly, a 4WS vehicle model with 3DOF is derived under the constant velocity and same tyres properties. The vehicle dynamics is transformed into the linear state space model with considering the external disturbances. Secondly, and unknown disturbance observer is introduced and its property which estimating the states of system without any disturbance information is shown. Lastly, the estimated sideslip angle of the 4WS vehicle system is verified through numerical simulation.

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Estimation of Vehicle Sideslip Angle for Four-wheel Steering Passenger Cars

  • Kim, Hwan-Seong;You, Sam-Sang
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.10a
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    • pp.476-476
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    • 2000
  • This paper deals with an estimation method far sideslip angle by using an unknown input observation technique in 4WS passenger car systems. Firstly, a 4WS vehicle model with 3DOP is derived under the constant velocity and same tyre's properties. The induced model is transformed into the linear state space model with considering the external disturbance. Secondly, an unknown input observer is introduced and its property which estimating the states of system without any disturbance information is shown. Lastly, the estimated sideslip angle of the 4WS system is verified through numerical simulation.

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Intelligent Technique Application for Autonomous Lateral Position Control of an Unmanned 4 Wheel Steered Snowplow Robotic Vehicle

  • Jung, Seul;Hsia, T.C.
    • IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.132-138
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    • 2011
  • This paper presents an intelligent control approach for lateral position control of an autonomous four wheel steered snowplowing robotic vehicle. The vehicle is built for removing snow on the highway. Dynamics of the vehicle is derived and linearized for LQR control. Lateral position is controlled by the LQR method first, then the neural network control technique is introduced to improve tracking performances under the presence of load. The feasibility of using four wheel steering control is investigated by simulation studies of lateral position tracking of the Ford F-250 truck model. Performances of a LQR control method and a neural network control method under virtual snowplowing situation are compared.