Title :
Application of vehicle lateral control - automated snowblower
Author :
Tan, Han-Shue ; Bu, Fanping ; Nelson, David
Author_Institution :
California PATH, California Uni., Richmond, CA
Abstract :
This paper describes the development process and the field test results of an automated snowblower, focusing on one of the more difficult snow removal operations: blowing snow off the freeway along side a guardrail without touching the guardrail. The development process includes transforming this automated operation into a control problem, modeling snowblower, design control algorithms, and instrument a 20-ton snowblower with sensors and an actuator. The initial field tests were successfully conducted with embedded magnetic markers along guardrails installed on the shoulders of Interstate-80 in the Sierra Mountain region close to Donner Summit in California, USA, 2005
Keywords :
control system synthesis; position control; road vehicles; actuator; automated snowblower; control design; embedded magnetic markers; highway maintenance; lane guidance; linear matrix inequality optimization; sensors; snow removal operations; snowblower modeling; vehicle lateral control; Automatic control; Automatic testing; Global Positioning System; Machine vision; Magnetic heads; Navigation; Prototypes; Road transportation; Snow; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 2006
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0209-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0209-3
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2006.1656612
