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Nonholonomic Feedback Control Among Moving Obstacles, Stephen Gregory Armstrong Sep 2011

Nonholonomic Feedback Control Among Moving Obstacles, Stephen Gregory Armstrong

Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses

A feedback controller is developed for navigating a nonholonomic vehicle in an area with multiple stationary and possibly moving obstacles. Among other applications the developed algorithms can be used for automatic parking of a passenger car in a parking lot with complex configuration or a ground robot in cluttered environment. Several approaches are explored which combine nonholonomic systems control based on sliding modes and potential field methods.


Development And Implementation Of A Fault Mitigating Control System For A Biodiesel Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle For The Ecocar: The Next Challenge Competition, Sean Christopher Carter Sep 2011

Development And Implementation Of A Fault Mitigating Control System For A Biodiesel Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle For The Ecocar: The Next Challenge Competition, Sean Christopher Carter

Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses

The automotive industry is continuously developing, and with it hybrid vehicle technology is a growing field of interest. The design of the electric vehicle is a pressing matter and grows in complexity with new powertrain components such as power inverters and transmission systems that use electric motors. As a control system develops, the architecture always comes back to systems engineering documentation to find safety protocols, solutions to problems through fault testing, and validating and verifying the control architecture throughout the whole process. Testing and evaluation plans are required more than ever and are constantly being updated and implemented in today's …