Friction Estimation and Compensation for Steering Angle Control for Highly Automated Driving

This contribution presents a friction estimator for industrial purposes which identifies Coulomb friction in a steering system. The estimator only needs a few, usually known, steering system parameters. Friction occurs on almost every mechanical system and has a negative influence on high-precision position control. This is demonstrated on a steering angle controller for highly automated driving. In this steering system the friction induces limit cycles which cause oscillating vehicle movement when the vehicle follows a given reference trajectory. When compensating the friction with the introduced estimator, limit cycles can be suppressed. This is demonstrated by measurements in a series vehicle.

Authors:

• Marcus Walter
• Norbert Nitzsche
• Dirk Odenthal
• Steffen M¨uller

Keywords:

• Friction estimation
• friction compensation
• steering system
• lateral vehicle guidance.

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