In this paper, we propose a controller for smooth autonomous path following. The controller is formulated as an economic model predictive controller. The economic cost introduced in the objective function leads to a smooth driving, since we minimize the first and second derivatives of the curvature function (i.e., we encourage linear curvature profiles). Since the curvature in clothoids varies linearly with the path arc-length, we use the smoothness and comfort characteristics of clothoid-driving to obtain a compact and intuitive controller formulation. We enforce convergence of the controller to the reference path with soft constraints that avoid deviations from the reference path. Finally, we present real life experiments where the controller is deployed on a Scania construction truck that show that the proposed controller outperforms a pure-pursuit controller. Moreover, we detail how the few tuning parameters can affect the obtained solution in practice. ; QC 20170330


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    Title :

    Experimental evaluation of economic model predictive control for an autonomous truck


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    Publication date :

    2016-01-01



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    DDC:    629