Browsing by Author "Strawa, Natalia"

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    On-line learning and updating unmanned tracked vehicle dynamics
    (MDPI, 2021-01-15) Strawa, Natalia; Ignatyev, Dmitry I.; Zolotas, Argyrios ; Tsourdos, Antonios
    Increasing levels of autonomy impose more pronounced performance requirements for unmanned ground vehicles (UGV). Presence of model uncertainties significantly reduces a ground vehicle performance when the vehicle is traversing an unknown terrain or the vehicle inertial parameters vary due to a mission schedule or external disturbances. A comprehensive mathematical model of a skid steering tracked vehicle is presented in this paper and used to design a control law. Analysis of the controller under model uncertainties in inertial parameters and in the vehicle-terrain interaction revealed undesirable behavior, such as controller divergence and offset from the desired trajectory. A compound identification scheme utilizing an exponential forgetting recursive least square, generalized Newton–Raphson (NR), and Unscented Kalman Filter methods is proposed to estimate the model parameters, such as the vehicle mass and inertia, as well as parameters of the vehicle-terrain interaction, such as slip, resistance coefficients, cohesion, and shear deformation modulus on-line. The proposed identification scheme facilitates adaptive capability for the control system, improves tracking performance and contributes to an adaptive path and trajectory planning framework, which is essential for future autonomous ground vehicle missions
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    Skid Steering Tracked Vehicle Simulink Model
    (Cranfield University, 2021-08-12 16:27) Ignatev, Dmitrii; Strawa, Natalia
    A comprehensive mathematical model of a skid steering tracked vehicle, including track-terrain interaction, motion kinematics and dynamics, is provided. The model is also equipped with the control system for accurate following the desired trajectory. A compound identification scheme utilizing an exponential forgetting recursive least square, generalized Newton–Raphson (NR), and Unscented Kalman Filter methods is also added to estimate the model parameters, such as the vehicle mass and inertia, as well as parameters of the vehicle-terrain interaction, such as slip, resistance coefficients, cohesion, and shear deformation modulus on-line.