Advanced Vehicle Dynamics Identification, Control and Observer Methods for Autonomous, Electrified Vehicles

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Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays, the main focus of the automotive industry is on the development of fully automated, electrified vehicles. This task poses several challenges, which must be solved before launching the first self-driving vehicle. These challenges can be divided into three main groups:

  1. Identification of vehicle dynamics, which aims to provide a reliable model of the vehicle.
  2. Observer design, whose goal is to estimate the unmeasurable states of the vehicle and its battery system.
  3. Control design, which guarantees the stable and precise motion of the vehicle and maximizes the operation range of the battery system through the optimization of the velocity profile of the vehicle.

Although there are some solutions in the literature, these topics still have some open questions. The goal of this special issue is to provide a platform for research, which addresses one of the mentioned issues.

Dr. Tamás Hegedűs
Dr. Daniel Fenyes
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Keywords

  • autonomous electrified vehicles
  • control design
  • observer design
  • state-estimation
  • vehicle dynamics
  • connected vehicles
  • robust methods
  • machine learning methods

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Backstepping-Based Quasi-Sliding Mode Control and Observation for Electric Vehicle Systems: A Solution to Unmatched Load and Road Perturbations
by Akram Hashim Hameed, Shibly Ahmed Al-Samarraie, Amjad Jaleel Humaidi and Nagham Saeed
World Electr. Veh. J. 2024, 15(9), 419; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj15090419 - 14 Sep 2024
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The direct current (DC) motor is the core part of an electrical vehicle (EV). The unmatched perturbation of load torque is a challenging problem in the control of an EV system driven by a DC motor and hence a deep control concern is [...] Read more.
The direct current (DC) motor is the core part of an electrical vehicle (EV). The unmatched perturbation of load torque is a challenging problem in the control of an EV system driven by a DC motor and hence a deep control concern is required. In this study, the proposed solution is to present two control approaches based on a backstepping control algorithm for speed trajectory tracking of EVs. The first control design is to develop the backstepping controller based on a quasi-sliding mode disturbance observer (BS-QSMDO), and the other controller is to combine the backstepping control with quasi-integral sliding mode control (BS-QISMC). In the sense of Lyapunov-based stability analysis, the ultimate boundedness of the proposed controllers has been detailedly analyzed, assessed, and evaluated in the presence of unmatched perturbation. A modified stability analysis has been presented to determine the ultimate bounds of disturbance estimation error for both controllers. The determination of ultimate bound and region-of-attraction for tracking and estimation errors is the contribution achieved by the proposed control design. The performances of the proposed controllers have been verified via computer simulations and the level of ultimate bounds for the estimation and tracking errors are the key measures for their evaluation. Compared to BS-QISMC, the results showed that a lower level of ultimate boundedness with a higher convergent rate can be reached based on BS-QSMO. However, a higher control effort can be exerted by the BS-QSMO controller as compared to BS-QISMC; and this is the price to be paid by the BS-QSMO controller to achieve lower ultimate boundedness with a faster convergence rate. Full article
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Proposal of a Cost-Effective and Adaptive Customized Driver Inattention Detection Model Using Time Series Analysis and Computer Vision
by Sangwook Sim and Changgyun Kim
World Electr. Veh. J. 2024, 15(9), 400; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj15090400 - 3 Sep 2024
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Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, such as Forward Collision Warning and Lane Departure Warning, play a crucial role in accident prevention by alerting drivers to potential hazards. With the advent of fully autonomous driving technology that requires no driver input, there is now a [...] Read more.
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, such as Forward Collision Warning and Lane Departure Warning, play a crucial role in accident prevention by alerting drivers to potential hazards. With the advent of fully autonomous driving technology that requires no driver input, there is now a greater emphasis on monitoring the state of vehicle occupants. This is particularly important because, in emergency situations where control must suddenly be transferred to an unprepared occupant, the risk of accidents increases significantly. To mitigate this risk, new monitoring technologies are being developed to analyze driver behavior and detect states of inattention or drowsiness. In response to the emerging demands of driver monitoring technology, we have developed the Customized Driver Inattention Detection Model (CDIDM). This model employs video analysis and statistical techniques to accurately and rapidly classify information on drivers’ gazes. The CDIDM framework defines the components of inattentive or drowsy driving based on the Driver Monitoring System (DMS) safety standards set by the European New Car Assessment Programme (EuroNCAP). By defining six driving behavior-related scenarios, we have improved the accuracy of driver inattention assessment. The CDIDM estimates the driver’s gaze while simultaneously analyzing data in real-time. To minimize computational resource usage, this model incorporates a series of preprocessing steps that facilitate efficient time series data analysis, utilizing techniques such as DTW Barycenter Averaging (DBA) and K-means clustering. This results in a robust driver attention monitoring model based on time series classification. Full article
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A Method for Land Vehicle Gravity Anomaly Measurement Combining an Inertial Navigation System, Odometer, and Geo-Information System
by Kefan Zhang, Junyang Zhao and Zhili Zhang
World Electr. Veh. J. 2024, 15(8), 368; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj15080368 - 14 Aug 2024
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Land vehicle gravity anomaly measurement relies heavily on global navigation satellite system (GNSS). However, when gravity measurement is carried out in special environments such as forests, valleys and tunnels, GNSS observation quality will inevitably decline, which directly affects the accuracy of gravity anomaly [...] Read more.
Land vehicle gravity anomaly measurement relies heavily on global navigation satellite system (GNSS). However, when gravity measurement is carried out in special environments such as forests, valleys and tunnels, GNSS observation quality will inevitably decline, which directly affects the accuracy of gravity anomaly measurement. From the point of view of the gravity anomaly measurement principle, obtaining accurate elevation information of the test line is the premise to ensure the accuracy of gravity anomaly measurement. Thus, this paper proposes a strapdown land vehicle dynamic gravity anomaly measurement method combining an odometer and a geo-information system. In this method, strapdown inertial navigation errors are suppressed by observing the velocity of the odometer output. Then, the position information obtained by the combined navigation is entered into the geo-information system to obtain the elevation. The results of a single test line show that the external coincidence accuracy of the proposed method is 1.65 mGal, and the accuracy is comparable to the traditional GNSS assisted land vehicle gravimetry method. In addition, compared with the odometer assisted land vehicle gravimetry method, the external coincidence accuracy is increased by 30%. Full article
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Detecting Wheel Slip to Suppress Self-Excited Oscillations in Braking Mode
by Aleksander V. Klimov, Baurzhan K. Ospanbekov, Akop V. Antonyan, Viktor R. Anisimov, Egor A. Dvoeglazov, Danila A. Novogorodov, Andrey V. Keller, Sergey S. Shadrin, Daria A. Makarova, Vladimir S. Ershov and Yury M. Furletov
World Electr. Veh. J. 2024, 15(8), 340; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj15080340 - 28 Jul 2024
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The wheels of decelerating vehicles in braking mode roll with increased slip, up to complete lock-up, which is a negative phenomenon. This is effectively managed by the anti-lock braking system (ABS). However, in the course of braking, especially before the system activation, self-excited [...] Read more.
The wheels of decelerating vehicles in braking mode roll with increased slip, up to complete lock-up, which is a negative phenomenon. This is effectively managed by the anti-lock braking system (ABS). However, in the course of braking, especially before the system activation, self-excited oscillatory processes with high amplitudes may occur, causing increased dynamic loads on the drive system. The paper studies the braking processes of a vehicle with an electromechanical individual traction drive in both electrodynamic regenerative and combined braking modes, utilizing the drive and the primary braking system. The theoretical framework is provided for identifying the self-excited oscillation onset conditions and developing a technique to detect wheel slips during braking to suppress these oscillations. To check the functionality of the wheel-slip observer in braking mode, the performance of the self-excited oscillation pulse suppression algorithm was studied in the MATLAB Simulink 2018b software package. The study results can be used to develop control systems equipped with the function of suppressing self-excited oscillations by vehicle motion. Full article
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Single-Snapshot Direction of Arrival Estimation for Vehicle-Mounted Millimeter-Wave Radar via Fast Deterministic Maximum Likelihood Algorithm
by Hong Liu, Han Xie, Zhen Wang, Xianling Wang and Donghang Chai
World Electr. Veh. J. 2024, 15(7), 321; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj15070321 - 20 Jul 2024
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As one of the fundamental vehicular perception technologies, millimeter-wave radar’s accuracy in angle measurement affects the decision-making and control of vehicles. In order to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of the Direction of Arrival (DoA) estimation of radar systems, a super-resolution angle measurement [...] Read more.
As one of the fundamental vehicular perception technologies, millimeter-wave radar’s accuracy in angle measurement affects the decision-making and control of vehicles. In order to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of the Direction of Arrival (DoA) estimation of radar systems, a super-resolution angle measurement strategy based on the Fast Deterministic Maximum Likelihood (FDML) algorithm is proposed in this paper. This strategy sequentially uses Digital Beamforming (DBF) and Deterministic Maximum Likelihood (DML) in the Field of View (FoV) to perform a rough search and precise search, respectively. In a simulation with a signal-to-noise ratio of 20 dB, FDML can accurately determine the target angle in just 16.8 ms, with a positioning error of less than 0.7010. DBF, the Iterative Adaptive Approach (IAA), DML, Fast Iterative Adaptive Approach (FIAA), and FDML are subjected to simulation with two targets, and their performance is compared in this paper. The results demonstrate that under the same angular resolution, FDML reduces computation time by 99.30% and angle measurement error by 87.17% compared with the angular measurement results of two targets. The FDML algorithm significantly improves computational efficiency while ensuring measurement performance. It provides more reliable technical support for autonomous vehicles and lays a solid foundation for the advancement of autonomous driving technology. Full article
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CCBA-NMS-YD: A Vehicle Pedestrian Detection and Tracking Method Based on Improved YOLOv7 and DeepSort
by Zhenhao Yuan, Zhiwen Wang and Ruonan Zhang
World Electr. Veh. J. 2024, 15(7), 309; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj15070309 - 14 Jul 2024
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In this paper, we propose a vehicle pedestrian detection and tracking method based on the improved YOLOv7 and DeepSort algorithms. We aim to improve the quality of vehicle pedestrian detection and tracking, addressing the challenges that current commercially available autonomous driving technologies face [...] Read more.
In this paper, we propose a vehicle pedestrian detection and tracking method based on the improved YOLOv7 and DeepSort algorithms. We aim to improve the quality of vehicle pedestrian detection and tracking, addressing the challenges that current commercially available autonomous driving technologies face in complex and changing road traffic situations. First, the NMS (non-maximum suppression) algorithm in YOLOv7 is replaced with a modified Soft-NMS algorithm to ensure that targets can be accurately detected at high densities, and second, the CCBA (coordinate channel attention module) attention mechanism is incorporated to improve the feature extraction and perception capabilities of the network. Finally, a multi-scale feature network is introduced to extract features of small targets more accurately. Finally, the MobileNetV3 lightweight module is introduced into the feature extraction network of DeepSort, which not only reduces the number of model parameters and network complexity, but also improves the tracking performance of the target. The experimental results show that the improved YOLOv7 algorithm improves the average detection accuracy by 3.77% compared to that of the original algorithm; on the MOT20 dataset, the refined DeepSort model achieves a 1.6% increase in MOTA and a 1.9% improvement in MOTP; in addition, the model volume is one-eighth of the original algorithm. In summary, our model is able to achieve the desired real-time and accuracy, which is more suitable for autonomous driving. Full article
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Real-Time Multimodal 3D Object Detection with Transformers
by Hengsong Liu and Tongle Duan
World Electr. Veh. J. 2024, 15(7), 307; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj15070307 - 12 Jul 2024
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The accuracy and real-time performance of 3D object detection are key factors limiting its widespread application. While cameras capture detailed color and texture features, they lack depth information compared to LiDAR. Multimodal detection combining both can improve results but incurs significant computational overhead, [...] Read more.
The accuracy and real-time performance of 3D object detection are key factors limiting its widespread application. While cameras capture detailed color and texture features, they lack depth information compared to LiDAR. Multimodal detection combining both can improve results but incurs significant computational overhead, affecting real-time performance. To address these challenges, this paper presents a real-time multimodal fusion model called Fast Transfusion that combines the benefits of LiDAR and camera sensors and reduces the computational burden of their fusion. Specifically, our Fast Transfusion method uses QConv (Quick Convolution) to replace the convolutional backbones compared to other models. QConv concentrates the convolution operations at the feature map center, where the most information resides, to expedite inference. It also utilizes deformable convolution to better match the actual shapes of detected objects, enhancing accuracy. And the model incorporates EH Decoder (Efficient and Hybrid Decoder) which decouples multiscale fusion into intra-scale interaction and cross-scale fusion, efficiently decoding and integrating features extracted from multimodal data. Furthermore, our proposed semi-dynamic query selection refines the initialization of object queries. On the KITTI 3D object detection dataset, our proposed approach reduced the inference time by 36 ms and improved 3D AP by 1.81% compared to state-of-the-art methods. Full article
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Experimental Study on Structure Optimization and Dynamic Characteristics of Articulated Steering for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Engineering Vehicles
by Qinguo Zhang, Xiaoyang Wang, Zheming Tong, Zhewu Cheng and Xiaojian Liu
World Electr. Veh. J. 2024, 15(7), 306; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj15070306 - 12 Jul 2024
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The prominent problem of articulated steering structure of engineering vehicle is that there is pressure oscillation in the hydraulic system during steering, which seriously affects the performance of steering system. To solve this problem, the maximum stroke difference of left and right cylinders [...] Read more.
The prominent problem of articulated steering structure of engineering vehicle is that there is pressure oscillation in the hydraulic system during steering, which seriously affects the performance of steering system. To solve this problem, the maximum stroke difference of left and right cylinders and the minimum maximum cylinder pressure are the optimization objectives, and the position of cylinder hinge point is the design variable. The multi-objective optimization design of articulated steering system is carried out by using the particle swarm optimization algorithm. After optimization, the maximum pressure of the steering system is reduced by 13.5%, and the oscillation amplitude is reduced by 16%, so the optimization effect is obvious. The dynamic characteristics of the hydraulic steering system under different loads, such as pressure and flow rate, are obtained through field steering tests of wheel loaders. The results show that the load has an important effect on the pressure response of the system, and the causes and influencing factors of pressure and flow fluctuation are determined. The relationship between mileage and hydrogen consumption is obtained, which provides data support for vehicle control strategy. The high-pressure overflow power consumption accounts for 60% of the total work, and the work lost on the steering gear reaches 36 kJ. The test results verify the rationality and correctness of the optimization method of steering mechanism and provide data support for the improvement in steering hydraulic system. Full article
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Enhanced Object Detection in Autonomous Vehicles through LiDAR—Camera Sensor Fusion
by Zhongmou Dai, Zhiwei Guan, Qiang Chen, Yi Xu and Fengyi Sun
World Electr. Veh. J. 2024, 15(7), 297; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj15070297 - 3 Jul 2024
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To realize accurate environment perception, which is the technological key to enabling autonomous vehicles to interact with their external environments, it is primarily necessary to solve the issues of object detection and tracking in the vehicle-movement process. Multi-sensor fusion has become an essential [...] Read more.
To realize accurate environment perception, which is the technological key to enabling autonomous vehicles to interact with their external environments, it is primarily necessary to solve the issues of object detection and tracking in the vehicle-movement process. Multi-sensor fusion has become an essential process in efforts to overcome the shortcomings of individual sensor types and improve the efficiency and reliability of autonomous vehicles. This paper puts forward moving object detection and tracking methods based on LiDAR—camera fusion. Operating based on the calibration of the camera and LiDAR technology, this paper uses YOLO and PointPillars network models to perform object detection based on image and point cloud data. Then, a target box intersection-over-union (IoU) matching strategy, based on center-point distance probability and the improved Dempster–Shafer (D–S) theory, is used to perform class confidence fusion to obtain the final fusion detection result. In the process of moving object tracking, the DeepSORT algorithm is improved to address the issue of identity switching resulting from dynamic objects re-emerging after occlusion. An unscented Kalman filter is utilized to accurately predict the motion state of nonlinear objects, and object motion information is added to the IoU matching module to improve the matching accuracy in the data association process. Through self-collected data verification, the performances of fusion detection and tracking are judged to be significantly better than those of a single sensor. The evaluation indexes of the improved DeepSORT algorithm are 66% for MOTA and 79% for MOTP, which are, respectively, 10% and 5% higher than those of the original DeepSORT algorithm. The improved DeepSORT algorithm effectively solves the problem of tracking instability caused by the occlusion of moving objects. Full article
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Joint Estimation of Driving State and Road Surface Adhesion Coefficient of a Four-Wheel Independent and Steering-Drive Electric Vehicle
by Zhixin Chen, Gang Li, Zhihua Zhang and Ruolan Fan
World Electr. Veh. J. 2024, 15(6), 249; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj15060249 - 7 Jun 2024
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Vehicle running state parameters and road surface state are crucial to the stability of four-wheel independent drive and steering electric vehicle control. Therefore, this study explores the estimation of vehicle driving state parameters and road surface adhesion coefficients using a combination of federal [...] Read more.
Vehicle running state parameters and road surface state are crucial to the stability of four-wheel independent drive and steering electric vehicle control. Therefore, this study explores the estimation of vehicle driving state parameters and road surface adhesion coefficients using a combination of federal Kalman filtering and an intelligent bionic antlion optimization algorithm. Firstly, according to the research purpose of the paper and the focus on the accuracy of the establishment of the three degrees of freedom dynamics model, fully considering the road conditions, the paper adopts the Dugoff tire model and finally completes the establishment of the vehicle state estimation model. Secondly, the drive state estimation algorithm is developed utilizing the principles of federal Kalman filtering and volume Kalman filtering. At the same time, robust estimation theory is introduced into the sub-filter, and the antlion optimization module is designed at the lower layer of the main filter to enhance the accuracy of estimates. It is easy to see that the design of the Antlion federal Kalman travel state estimation algorithm has noticeably enhanced accuracy and traceability, according to the result. Thirdly, a joint estimation algorithm of state estimation and road surface adhesion coefficient has been devised to enhance the stability and precision of the estimation process. Finally, the results showed that the joint estimation algorithm has high accuracy in estimating vehicle driving state parameters such as the center of mass lateral deflection angle and road surface adhesion coefficient by simulation. Full article
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Vehicle Dynamics in Electric Cars Development Using MSC Adams and Artificial Neural Network
by Santiago J. Cachumba-Suquillo, Mariel Alfaro-Ponce, Sergio G. Torres-Cedillo, Jacinto Cortés-Pérez and Moises Jimenez-Martinez
World Electr. Veh. J. 2023, 14(10), 293; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj14100293 - 15 Oct 2023
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Recently, there has been renewed interest in lightweight structures; however, a small structure change can strongly affect vehicle dynamic behavior. Therefore, this study provides new insights into non-parametric modeling based on artificial neural networks (ANNs). This work is then motivated by the requirement [...] Read more.
Recently, there has been renewed interest in lightweight structures; however, a small structure change can strongly affect vehicle dynamic behavior. Therefore, this study provides new insights into non-parametric modeling based on artificial neural networks (ANNs). This work is then motivated by the requirement for a reliable substitute for virtual instrumentation in electric car development to enable the prediction of the current value of the vehicle slip from a given time history of the vehicle (input) and previous values of synthetic data (feedback). The training data are generated from a multi-body simulation using MSC Adams Car; the simulation involves a double lane-change maneuver. This test is commonly used to evaluate vehicle stability. Based on dynamic considerations, this study implements the nonlinear autoregressive exogenous (NARX) identification scheme used in time-series modeling. This work presents an ANN that is able to predict the side slip angle from simulated training data generated employing MSC Adams Car. This work is a specific solution to overtake maneuvers, avoiding the loss of vehicle control and increasing driving safety. Full article
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Active Control for an Electric Vehicle with an Observer for Torque Energy-Saving
by Juan Miguel González-López, Sergio Sandoval Pérez, Ramón O. Jiménez Betancourt and Gilberto Barreto
World Electr. Veh. J. 2023, 14(10), 288; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj14100288 - 10 Oct 2023
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Vehicle dynamics play an important role in determining a vehicle’s stability. It is necessary to identify and obtain models related to vehicle dynamics to evaluate the performance of electric vehicles, as well as how to control them. This paper presents fundamentals of vehicle [...] Read more.
Vehicle dynamics play an important role in determining a vehicle’s stability. It is necessary to identify and obtain models related to vehicle dynamics to evaluate the performance of electric vehicles, as well as how to control them. This paper presents fundamentals of vehicle dynamics, proposing a three-degree-of-freedom nonlinear observer and controller to control lateral velocity and tire torque in comparison to a PID control, while also utilizing a Lyapunov function to determine the stability of the controlled state feedback system concerning the observer, which estimates state errors. This work demonstrates the mathematical development of estimations that will be fed into the algorithms of two active nonlinear controls (state feedback and PID), utilizing the results from Matlab-Simulink simulations of tire torque, lateral and angular velocities based on longitudinal velocity measurements, and employing dynamic gains, such as response to a steering maneuver by the driver following the international standards ISO 7401/2011 and ISO 3888-2. It is concluded that the observer is robust and exhibits energy-saving efficiency in tire torque, even under conditions of variable tire-ground friction. Full article
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An FPGA-Based Hardware Low-Cost, Low-Consumption Target-Recognition and Sorting System
by Yulu Wang, Yi Han, Jun Chen, Zhou Wang and Yi Zhong
World Electr. Veh. J. 2023, 14(9), 245; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj14090245 - 4 Sep 2023
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In autonomous driving systems, high-speed and real-time image processing, along with object recognition, are crucial technologies. This paper builds upon the research achievements in industrial item-sorting systems and proposes an object-recognition and sorting system for autonomous driving. In industrial sorting lines, goods-sorting robots [...] Read more.
In autonomous driving systems, high-speed and real-time image processing, along with object recognition, are crucial technologies. This paper builds upon the research achievements in industrial item-sorting systems and proposes an object-recognition and sorting system for autonomous driving. In industrial sorting lines, goods-sorting robots often need to work at high speeds to efficiently sort large volumes of items. This poses a challenge to the robot’s real-time vision and sorting capabilities, making it both practical and economically viable to implement a real-time and low-cost sorting system in a real-world industrial sorting line. Existing sorting systems have limitations such as high cost, high computing resource consumption, and high power consumption. These issues mean that existing sorting systems are typically used only in large industrial plants. In this paper, we design a high-speed, low-cost, low-resource-consumption FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array)-based item-sorting system that achieves similar performance to current mainstream sorting systems but at a lower cost and consumption. The recognition component employs a morphological-recognition method, which segments the image using a frame difference algorithm and then extracts the color and shape features of the items. To handle sorting, a six-degrees-of-freedom robotic arm is introduced into the sorting segment. The improved cubic B-spline interpolation algorithm is employed to plan the motion trajectory and consequently control the robotic arm to execute the corresponding actions. Through a series of experiments, this system achieves an average recognition delay of 25.26 ms, ensures smooth operation of the gripping motion trajectory, minimizes resource consumption, and reduces implementation costs. Full article
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