In recent years, path-tracking controllers for autonomous passenger vehicles and Control Allocation (CA) methods for handling and stability control have both received extensive discussion in the literature. However, the integration of the path-tracking control with CA methods for autonomous racing vehicles has not attracted much attention. In this study, we design an integrated path-tracking and CA method for a prototype autonomous racing electric vehicle with a particular focus on the maximising the turning speed in tight cornering. The proposed control strategy has a hierarchical structure to improve the computational efficiency: the high-level path-tracking Model Predictive Control (MPC) based on a rigid body model is designed to determine the virtual control forces according to the desired path and desired maximum velocity profile, while the low-level CA method uses a Quadratically Constrained Quadratic Programming (QCQP) formulation to distribute the individual control actuator according to the desired virtual control values. The proposed controller is validated in a high-fidelity simulation vehicle model with the computational time of the optimisation controller presented to demonstrate the real-time control performance.
An integrated path-tracking and control allocation method for autonomous racing electric vehicles
VEHICLE SYSTEM DYNAMICS
B. LI ET AL.
Vehicle System Dynamics ; 62 , 6 ; 1517-1540
02.06.2024
24 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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