Controller Design for Off-tracking Elimination in Multi-articulated Vehicles
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چکیده
The motion of a multi-body autonomous robot as well as of a train-like multiarticulated transportation vehicle is characterized by the deviation of the path of each intermediate vehicle from that of the leading one (off-tracking). In this paper, we make use of an innovative junction technique, which allows the kingpin to slide along the axis of the leading vehicle, something that proved to be very effective in reducing offtracking. We propose two controllers for the elimination of the off-tracking phenomenon, in both robotic and transportation multi-articulated vehicles; the one is heuristically derived while the other one is based on steady-state off-tracking when an n-trailer vehicle moves on a circular trajectory. Simulation results for various cases, without and with the sliding kingpin system, showed that significant off-tracking reduction or even elimination can be achieved.
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