Modeling and Control of AWOISV: A Filtered Tube-Based MPC Approach for Simultaneous Tracking of Lateral Position and Heading Angle

TL;DR

This paper presents a novel control approach for an all-wheel omni-directional vehicle, enabling precise simultaneous tracking of position and heading angle with robustness and real-time efficiency.

Contribution

It introduces a new dynamic model and a filtered tube-based MPC method for improved control of AWOISV's motion modes and trajectory tracking.

Findings

Effective simultaneous position and heading control demonstrated

Robustness to model uncertainties validated through experiments

High real-time performance achieved in hardware-in-loop tests

Abstract

An all-wheel omni-directional independent steering vehicle (AWOISV) is a specialized all-wheel independent steering vehicle with each wheel capable of steering up to 90{\deg}, enabling unique maneuvers like yaw and diagonal movement. This paper introduces a theoretical steering radius angle and sideslip angle (\( \theta_R \)-\(\beta_R \)) representation, based on the position of the instantaneous center of rotation relative to the wheel rotation center, defining the motion modes and switching criteria for AWOISVs. A generalized \( v\)-\(\beta\)-\(r \) dynamic model is developed with forward velocity \(v\), sideslip angle \(\beta\), and yaw rate \(r\) as states, and \(\theta_R\) and \(\beta_R\) as control inputs. This model decouples longitudinal and lateral motions into forward and rotational motions, allowing seamless transitions across all motion modes under specific conditions. A filtered tube-based linear time-varying MPC (FT-LTVMPC) strategy is proposed, achieving simultaneous tracking of lateral position and arbitrary heading angles, with robustness to model inaccuracies and parameter uncertainties. Co-simulation and hardware-in-loop (HIL) experiments confirm that FT-LTVMPC enables high-precision control of both position and heading while ensuring excellent real-time performance.