This paper proposes a nonlinear path control for backward driving of a car-like mobile robot pushing trailer with off-axle hitching. The control law is constructed using high-gain design techniques and involves error coordinates expressed which are partially linked to the trailer and invariant properties with respect to the vehicle speed. The stability of the closed-loop system is analyzed usin...

A control system for the rotation of a multi-link machine has been developed. It increases stability movement during transportation animals and other goods in agribusiness provides over semi-trailer wheels depending on folding angle. Additionally, it is proposed to include digital unit with an adaptive module adjusting turn trajectory, taking into account inertial forces caused by displacement ...

Presented is an algorithm for automatic production of a video abstract of a feature film, similar to a movie trailer. It selects clips from the original movie based on detection of special events like dialogs, shots, explosions and text occurrences, and on general action indicators applied to scenes. These clips are then assembled to form a video trailer using a model of editing. Additional cli...

For articulated vehicles met in robotics and transportation fields, even for an experienced operator, backing-up leads usually to jack-knifing. This paper presents a fuzzy logic controller for back-driving a truck-trailer vehicle into a predefined parking task. The truck-trailer link system is equipped with a kingpin sliding mechanism acting as an anti-jackknife excitation input. By applying fu...

This paper describes a real experiment in nonholonomic motion planning and control. It was performed on the mobile robot Hilare-2-bis pulling a trailer.

In the paper, we report our research on improvement of thermal efficiency refrigerated trailers by modification their wall structure placing a layer phase change material inside them. The was carried out in field transport, meeting requirements all classes provided for ATP agreement trailers. As part research, formulated numerical model proposed design refrigerator walls, which subsequently val...

The introduction of autonomous cars will help to improve road traffic safety, and the use a cargo trailer improves energy efficiency transport. One critical (collision) situations has been considered, where immediate counteraction is required in space that only partly defined. This research work was aimed at determining impact trajectory planning method values some parameters control system on ...

Dangerous goods vehicles, in particular those carrying fluid loads, have been identified as needing to meet stringent performance requirements within the Performance Based Standards (PBS) developed by the National Roads and Transport Commission in Australia. The opportunity to control the lateral dynamics of these multiply-articulated vehicles with active steering systems deployed on the traile...