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Autonomous Electric Vehicles

Nonlinear Control, Traction, and Propulsion

  • 1st Edition - March 19, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Gerasimos Rigatos, Masoud Abbaszadeh, Pierluigi Siano, Patrice Wira
  • Language: English

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Description

Autonomous Electric Vehicles explores cutting-edge technologies revolutionizing transportation and city navigation. Novel solutions to the control problem of the complex nonlinear dynamics of robotized electric vehicles are developed and tested. The new control methods are free of shortcomings met in control schemes which are based on diffeomorphisms and global linearization (complicated changes of state variables, forward and backwards state-space transformations, singularities). It is shown that such methods can be used in the steering and traction system of several types of robotized electric vehicles without needing to transform the state-space model of these systems into equivalent linearized forms. It is also shown that the new control methods can be implemented in a computationally simple manner and are also followed by global stability proofs.

Key features

  • Proposes solutions for path following and localization problems of AGVs, USVs, AUVs, and UAVs, as well as solutions for the associated power supply and power management problems
  • Targets jointly at improved performance for the autonomous navigation system and at optimality for the power management and electric traction system of robotized electric vehicles
  • Presents nonlinear control, traction, and propulsion methods which ensure that minimization of energy consumption by autonomous electric vehicles is achieved under a zero-carbon imprint
  • Is accompanied by audiovisual material explaining the contents of the individual sections of the monograph

Readership

Postgraduate students, researchers, and academics in vehicle engineering (ground, surface, underwater, aerial), intelligent transport engineering, robotics and mechatronics, electrical and computer engineering, as well as electric power systems and power electronics. R&D engineering professionals engaged in electric powertrain design and development, autonomous vehicle dynamics and control, and intelligent transport systems for the net-zero transition.

Table of contents

Part I. Control and estimation of robotized vehicles’ dynamics and kinematics

1. Nonlinear optimal control and Lie algebra-based control

1.1 Nonlinear optimal control

1.2 Lie algebra-based control

2. Flatness-based control in successive loops for complex nonlinear dynamical systems

2.1 Flatness-based control with transformation into canonical forms

2.2. Flatness-based control implemented in successive loops

3. Nonlinear optimal control for car-like front-wheel steered autonomous ground vehicles

3.1 Kinematics/dynamics of car-like four-wheel autonomous ground vehicles

3.2 Control of the car-like vehicle using global linearization transformations

3.3 Nonlinear optimal control of car-like vehicles

3.4 Tests on path following

4. Nonlinear optimal control for skid-steered autonomous ground vehicles

4.1 Kinematics/dynamics of skid-steered autonomous ground vehicles

4.2 Control of skid-steered vehicles using global linearization transformations

4.3 Nonlinear optimal control of skid-steered autonomous ground vehicles

4.4 Tests on path following

5. Flatness-based control in successive loops for 3-DOF unmanned surface vessels

5.1 Dynamic model of a 3-DOF unmanned surface vessel

5.2 Flatness-based control in cascading loops for the 3-DOF USVs

5.3 Tests on path following

6. Flatness-based control in successive loops for 3-DOF autonomous underwater vessels

6.1 Dynamic model of a 3-DOF autonomous underwater vessel

6.2 Flatness-based control in cascading loops for 3-DOF AUVs

6.3 Tests on path following

7. Flatness-based control in successive loops for 6-DOF autonomous underwater vessels

7.1 Dynamic model of a 6-DOF unmanned underwater vessel

7.2 Flatness-based control in cascading loops for 6-DOF AUVs

7.3 Tests on path following

8. Flatness-based control in successive loops for 6-DOF autonomous quadrotors

8.1 Dynamic model of a 6-DOF autonomous quadrotor

8.2 Flatness-based control in cascading loops for 6-DOF autonomous quadrotors

8.3 Tests on path following

9. Flatness-based control in successive loops for 6-DOF autonomous octocopters

9.1 Dynamic model of a 6-DOF autonomous octocopter

9.2 Flatness-based control in cascading loops for 6-DOF autonomous octocopters

9.3 Tests on path following

10. Nonlinear optimal control for 6-DOF tilt rotor autonomous quadrotors

10.1 Dynamic model of a 6-DOF tilt-rotor autonomous quadrotor

10.2 Nonlinear optimal control of 6-DOF autonomous quadrotors

10.3. Tests on path following

11. Flatness-based adaptive neurofuzzy control of the four-wheel autonomous ground vehicles

11.1 Global linearization of the kinematic/dynamic model of a four-wheel autonomous ground vehicle

11.2 Design of a flatness-based adaptive neurofuzzy controller for four-wheel autonomous ground vehicles

11.3 Performance tests of the flatness-based adaptive neurofuzzy controller

12. H-infinity adaptive neurofuzzy control of the four-wheel autonomous ground vehicles

12.1 Approximate linearization of a kinematic/dynamic model of a four-wheel autonomous ground vehicle

12.2 Design of an H-infinity adaptive neurofuzzy controller for four-wheel autonomous ground vehicles

12.3 Performance tests of the H-infinity adaptive neurofuzzy controller

13. Fault diagnosis for four-wheel autonomous ground vehicles

13.1 Dynamic model of a four-wheel autonomous ground vehicle

13.2 Nonlinear filtering and disturbance observers for four-wheel vehicles

13.3 Statistical fault diagnosis for four-wheel autonomous vehicles

Part II. Control and estimation of electric autonomous vehicles’ traction

14. Flatness-based control in successive loops for VSI-fed three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors

14.1 Dynamic model of a VSI-fed three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor

14.2 Flatness-based control in cascading loops for VSI-fed three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors

14.3 Performance tests of the flatness-based controller

15. Flatness-based control in successive loops for VSI-fed three-phase induction motors

15.1 Dynamic model of a VSI-fed three-phase induction motor

15.2 Flatness-based control in successive loops for VSI-fed 3-phase induction motors

15.3. Performance tests of the flatness-based controller

16. Flatness-based control in successive loops and nonlinear optimal control for five-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors

16.1 Dynamic model of a five-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor

16.2 Flatness-based control in successive loops for five-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors

16.3. Performance tests of the flatness-based controller

16.4 Nonlinear optimal control for five-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors

16.5. Performance tests of the nonlinear optimal controller

17. Flatness-based control in successive loops for VSI-fed six-phase asynchronous motors

17.1 Dynamic model of a VSI-fed six-phase asynchronous motor

17.2 Flatness-based control in successive loops for VSI-fed six-phase asynchronous motors

17.3. Performance tests of the flatness-based controller

18. Flatness-based control in successive lops for nine-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors

18.1 Dynamic model of a nine-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor

18.2 Flatness-based control in successive loops for nine-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors

18.3. Performance tests of the flatness-based controller

19. Flatness-based control in successive loops of a vehicle’s clutch with actuation for permanent magnet linear synchronous motors

19.1 Dynamic model of a permanent magnet linear synchronous motor-driven vehicle’s clutch

19.2 Flatness-based control in successive loops for a vehicle’s clutch

19.3. Performance tests of the flatness-based controller

20. Flatness-based control in successive loops for electrohydraulic actuators

20.1 Dynamic model of an electrohydraulic actuator

20.2 Flatness-based control in successive loops for electrohydraulic actuators

20.3. Performance tests of the flatness-based controller

21. Flatness-based control in successive loops for electropneumatic actuators

21.1 Dynamic model of an electropneumatic actuator

21.2 Flatness-based control in successive loops for electropneumatic actuators

21.3. Performance tests of the flatness-based controller

22. Flatness-based adaptive neurofuzzy control of three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors

22.1 Global linearization of the dynamic model of a three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor

22.2 Design of a flatness-based adaptive neurofuzzy controller for three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors

22.3 Performance tests of the flatness-based adaptive neurofuzzy controller

23. H-infinity adaptive neurofuzzy control of three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors

23.1 Approximate linearization of the dynamic model of a three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor

23.2 Design of an H-infinity adaptive neurofuzzy controller for three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors

23.3 Performance tests of the H-infinity adaptive neurofuzzy controller

24. Fault diagnosis of a hybrid electric vehicle’s powertrain

24.1 Dynamic model of a hybrid electric vehicle’s powertrain

24.2 Nonlinear filtering and disturbance observers for hybrid electric vehicles’ powertrains

24.3 Statistical fault diagnosis for hybrid electric vehicles’ powertrains

Product details

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  • Published: May 30, 2025
  • Language: English

About the authors

GR

Gerasimos Rigatos

Dr. Gerasimos Rigatos is currently a Research Director (Researcher Grade A') at the Industrial Systems Institute, Greece. He obtained his Ph.D. from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, in 2000, and was subsequently a post-doctoral researcher at IRISA-INRIA, Rennes, France. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a Member and CEng of IET. Dr. Rigatos has led several research cooperation agreements and projects with accredited results in the areas of nonlinear control, nonlinear filtering, and control of distributed parameter systems, and his results appear in 12 research monographs and in several journal articles. He is first author of 150 journal articles, receiving over 3,400 citations (Scopus), and is an Editor of the Journal of Information Sciences, the Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, the SAE Journal of Electrified Vehicles, and the Journal of Power Electronics and Drives. He has held visiting professor positions at several universities in Europe.

Affiliations and expertise
Research Director, Unit of Industrial Automation, Industrial Systems Institute, Rion Patras, Greece

MA

Masoud Abbaszadeh

Dr. Masoud Abbaszadeh is currently a Principal Research Engineer at the GE Vernova Research Center, NY, USA. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, in 2008. From 2008 to 2011, he was a Research Engineer with Maplesoft, in Ontario, Canada, and from 2011 to 2013, he was a Senior Research Engineer at United Technologies Research Center, CT, USA, working on advanced control systems, and complex systems modelling and simulation. His research interests include estimation and detection theory, robust and nonlinear control, and machine learning with applications in cyber-physical security and resilience and autonomous systems. Dr. Abbaszadeh has authored over 170 peer-reviewed papers and 9 book chapters, holds 42 issued US patents, and has published four books. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, and a member of the IEEE CSS Conference Editorial Board.

Affiliations and expertise
GE Vernova Advanced Research Center, Niskayuna, NY, USA

PS

Pierluigi Siano

Dr. Pierluigi Siano is a Professor and Scientific Director of the Smart Grids and Smart Cities Laboratory with the Department of Management and Innovation Systems, at the University of Salerno, Italy. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Salerno in 2006. Since 2021 he has been a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His research activities are centred on demand response, energy management, integration of distributed energy resources in smart grids, electricity markets, and planning and management of power systems. Prof. Siano has co-authored more than 680 articles, with 15,240 citations (Scopus), and was a Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering in 2019, 2020, and 2021. He is Editor for the Power and Energy Society Section of IEEE Access and several other IEEE publications, and was previously Chair of the IES TC on Smart Grids.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Management and Innovation Systems, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy

PW

Patrice Wira

Dr. Patrice Wira received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Université de Haute Alsace, France, in 2002. He is a Professor at the Institut de Recherche en Informatique, Mathématiques, Automatique et Signal, Université de Haute Alsace. He specializes in artificial neural networks and adaptive control systems and their applications to power electronics. He is a senior member of IEEE and serves as an associate editor for the Energy section of the Heliyon journal (Cell Press). His research interests include control and machine learning for electric power systems and power electronics.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Institut de Recherche en Informatique, Mathématiques, Automatique et Signal, Université de Haute Alsace; Director, Institut Universitaire de Technologie de Mulhouse, Mulhouse, France

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