Advances in Intelligent Vehicle Control

Abstract

Advanced intelligent vehicle control systems have evolved in the last few decades thanks to the use of artificial-intelligence-based techniques, the appearance of new sensors, and the development of technology necessary for their implementation. Therefore, a substantial improvement in vehicle safety, comfort, and performance has been achieved. The appearance of new vehicles with new technologies incorporated in them requires new control strategies that will continue to increase handling, stability, and energy efficiency. In recent years, intelligent vehicle control has been widely investigated from different points of view. Many researchers have studied active safety systems, advanced driver assistance systems, autonomous driver systems, etc., through strategies incorporating aspects of artificial intelligence, making them adapt and learn from situations never explored before. To achieve this, it has been necessary to develop increasingly precise dynamic vehicle models and incorporate new intelligent sensors and sensor fusion techniques to learn the vehicle’s state accurately. However, it is important to observe not only the state of the vehicle where these systems are incorporated but also those of vehicles around it that can influence the vehicle’s behavior. This requires communication between vehicles and developing architectures that enable smart transportation. On the other hand, the incorporation of electric vehicles (EVs) in recent years has enabled a new way of focusing on vehicle control systems, fundamentally due to the incorporation of new systems that must be studied differently. (...)