Title :
Autonomous vehicle control system of ICVS City Pal: electrical tow-bar function
Author :
Tamura, Kazuya ; Furukawa, Yoshimi
Author_Institution :
Div. of Adv. Product Planning, Honda R&D Co. Ltd., Tochigi, Japan
Abstract :
A platooning system, in which vehicles follow a lead vehicle without the road infrastructure, by combining laser radar sensing systems and inter-vehicle communication and navigation system has been developed. It tracks automatically the race line of a lead vehicle. The maximum of five vehicles including a lead vehicle with the minimum inter-vehicle distance of 2 meters ran at the maximum speed of 100 km/h. The accuracy of tracking control was within ±30 cm for the longitudinal direction and ±15 cm for the lateral direction
Keywords :
automated highways; electric vehicles; inertial navigation; optical radar; position control; road vehicle radar; ICVS City Pal; Intelligent Community Vehicle System; autonomous vehicle control system; electrical tow-bar; inter-vehicle communication and navigation system; laser radar sensing systems; lateral direction; lead vehicle; longitudinal direction; race line; tracking control; Automatic control; Cities and towns; Communication system control; Control systems; Laser radar; Mobile robots; Navigation; Radar tracking; Remotely operated vehicles; Road vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, 2000. IV 2000. Proceedings of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dearborn, MI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6363-9
DOI :
10.1109/IVS.2000.898431
