Steering control of an automatic drive using predictive control strategy

Acquisition and utilization of lateral guidance is crucial for steering a vehicle. In practice, human drivers have performed this function quite successfully using perception and hand-eye coordination. However, this task becomes difficult when the vehicle losses its stability. In this paper, we try to investigate this problem using predictive control strategy. The most important advantage of the MPC technology comes from the process model itself, which allows the controller to deal with an exact replica of the real process dynamics, implying a much better control quality. Simulation results of the closed-loop system with proposed predictive control algorithm reveal the effectiveness of the proposed control action in controlling the steering of the vehicle.