Generally, wheeled vehicles can be divided into two types: single track vehicles and track-trailers; see Fig.3.1. Single track vehicles usually refer to passenger cars or car-like vehicles/robots which can be viewed as a single steering tractor. Track-trailer systems consist of a steering tractor and one (sometimes more than one) passive trailer(s) linked with rigid free joints. From the viewpoint of steering, single track vehicles can be further classified into two types. front steering vehicles (2WS) in which only the two front tires can be steered, and full steering vehicles (4WS) of which the front and rear tires can be steered independently. Since discussion track-trailers steering control requires a dedicated book chapter due to its broad range, only single track vehicles are discussed here
Advanced Vehicle Lateral Motion Control
Advanced Motion Control and Sensing for Intelligent Vehicles ; Chapter : 3 ; 77-134
2007-01-01
58 pages
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