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Which position on a vehicle is least effected by the steering?
I am looking to position a paint sprayer for longitudinal lines on the roads. The plant I have is three wheeled the single wheel is at the front and dual at the back. It has the options to have the ...
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Autonomous vehicle lateral control
I am working on a control system for autonomous vehicles, i am using a kinematic bicycle model simulated on matlab simulink and the formula i used for the steering angle is given in the figures below ...
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How can I control my vehicle’s electric power steering system?
I’m trying to add lane keeping assist and adaptive cruise control to my 2017 Chevrolet Camaro, with the ultimate aim of using Comma.ai’s openpilot (or some other fork) to make my car drive itself. ...
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Half bidirectional transmission shaft gear box solve
I'm wondering how to accomplish some kind of gear box that would reverse only the direction of one side of the two shafts on it, like in the picture below.
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deal with algebraic loop in distributed control algorithm
Recently I found a distributed control method for multi-agent system, which implements an algebraic loop like:
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u_{i}=(l_{ii}+b_{i})^{-1}\left [{\sum _{j\neq i}a_{ij}u_{j} -\mu e_{2i}+b_{i} u_{0} }\...
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What are some obstacles/issues you face while working in industry? [closed]
As part of a project incubator program at my university, I am trying to understand current specific issues, cumbersome processes, and obstacles facing engineering projects in industry. By pinpointing ...
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What are some techniques for improving stabilization given a mechanical time constant?
Problem: I have a self-stabilizing system that utilizes an intertial measurement unit (IMU) attached to the hull of a vessel. The system self stabilizes by performing matrix rotations based on the ...
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Can someone please explain what a PT1 filter is in simple terms?
The context here is for determining how driveability filters are calibrated since most of them use pt1 filters to filter the torque demand.
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What is the minimum frictional force required for a vehicle to operate smoothly, retain traction, and prevent any skids?
I am not looking for a specific number of course. I know that it may perhaps vary with different vehicles. However, I'm trying to figure out how to theoretically calculate the minimum necessary ...
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Name of protocol used to communicate with Fuelling Station Dispensors
I am trying to figure out the actual (Range of ) communication protocols used to communicate with Fuel Dispensers at fuel retail outlets.
I see them write 2-wire protocol which is not specific as ...
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Camera and light frequency rate
I recently became curious why some lights flicker in some videos, and I read some explanation about it, and I still have some questions.
1. Does every light have to have a frequency? can it have an ...
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Questions regarding Cornering Stiffness for RC Car
I am a bachelor's level student tasked with modeling the vehicle dynamics of an RC Car that will be made to drive autonomously. I lack prior experience or particularly specific education with vehicle ...
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Sector determination of a nonlinearity and passivity
This a not a homework or any similar task.
Regarding determine the determination of static nonlinearity, I know that one can draw two lines that contains the nonlinearity part. For instance for three ...
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Remote control of a manual transmission [closed]
I want to know if it is possible to control the gearbox of a car with a manual transmission, specifically one with the shift stick in the steering wheel column.
The idea is using linear actuators ...
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Autonomous RC car trying to stop at a point
I am doing a robotics project. The goal is to make an autonomous car start from one point and stop at another point around 10 +-1 meters away. I need to make a steering mechanism. I want to be as ...
