Integrated mechatronics solution to maximise tractability and efficiency of wheeled vehicles

Author

Spark, I.J. ; Ibrahim, M. Yousef

Author_Institution

Gippsland Sch. of Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic., Australia

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

320

Abstract

The objective of this work is to apply mechatronics to increase the stability, tractability and efficiency of wheeled vehicles operating on steep slopes. The essential feature of this work is that both of the two basic methods of steering a vehicle are used so that they both tend to produce the same centre of curvature for the path of the vehicle. This deliberate redundancy means that the inevitable failure of one steering system is prevented by both systems acting in unison. This “steer and drive by wire” system was made feasible due the smart on-board wheel angles and wheel speed control system presented in this paper

Keywords

mechatronics; mobile robots; navigation; position control; road vehicles; tracking; velocity control; drive by wire; efficiency; mechatronics; path tracking; speed control system; steering; tractability; wheel angle control; wheeled vehicles; Drives; Mechatronics; Road vehicles; Sparks; Stability; Steering systems; Tires; Vehicle driving; Velocity control; Wheels;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 IEEE/ASME International Conference on

Conference_Location

Como

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6736-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AIM.2001.936474

Filename

936474