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Automotive Engineering ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (12): 1844-1855.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2022.12.006

Special Issue: 智能网联汽车技术专题-规划&控制2022年

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Model Predictive Path Following Control of Intelligent Vehicles Considering System Complex Disturbances

Longxin Guan1,2,Zufei Gu2,Chao Zhang2,Aichun Wang2,Chenruo Peng2,Huihua Jiang2,Xiaojian Wu1,2()   

  1. 1.School of Advanced Manufacturing,Nanchang University,Nanchang  330031
    2.Jiangling Motors Co. ,Ltd. ,Nanchang  330001
  • Received:2022-07-31 Online:2022-12-25 Published:2022-12-22
  • Contact: Xiaojian Wu E-mail:saintwu520@163.com

Abstract:

Intelligent vehicle path tracking control is faced with disturbances such as system model simplification, parameter uncertainty, the delay of actuator and sensor signals, and road curvature changes, which will generate system disturbance errors, resulting in reduced tracking accuracy. A model predictive control (MPC) method that considers the complex disturbance of the tracking system is proposed in this paper. Firstly, a model prediction tracking system is established based on the single-track vehicle dynamics model, and a dynamic adjustment method of the preview distance based on real-time path planning and speed information is designed to obtain the best preview point to improve the delay disturbance of the actuators and sensor signals of the intelligent vehicle chassis. Then, an extended state observer (ESO) is introduced to estimate the unknown disturbance to the system due to the simplified vehicle model in real time and use it for feed-forward compensation. At the same time, considering the steady-state disturbance error caused by the change of the road reference curvature to the system, a feed-forward control (FFC) method with curvature constraints is designed to eliminate this disturbance; and finally the steering angle control law of the superposition of the feedback input of the MPC controller, the ESO anti-interference compensation input and the FFC input is formed. Finally, real vehicle test and comparison analysis are carried out in a low-speed park scene with a certain brand of intelligent vehicle platform, which verifies the feasibility and superiority of the improved MPC method of integrating disturbance compensation.

Key words: intelligent vehicles, path tracking, disturbances, model predictive control, extended state observer, dynamic preview distance, feed-forward control