Method for Guiding a Vehicle Along a Predetermined Path as Well as Vehicle and System for Performing Crash-Tests
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Abstract
A method for guiding a driverless, multi-track vehicle along a predetermined path (12), which vehicle rolls on wheels (4, 6) separated from each other in the vehicle width direction, wherein the vehicle is steered by changing the torque applied to at least one of its wheels, such that it follows the predetermined path.
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30 Claims
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11. A system for performing vehicle crash tests, comprising:
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a guide device for defining a predetermined path of a vehicle, a speed guide device for defining a predetermined speed that the vehicle will achieve at at least one location along the predetermined path and a driverless, multi-track vehicle comprising; at least one drive apparatus for driving at least one wheel of the vehicle, at least one braking apparatus for selectively braking at least two wheels disposed on different sides of the vehicle, a guiding device for calculating a deviation between the predetermined path and an actual path of the vehicle and a control device for controlling the operation of the vehicle such that the vehicle is movable along the predetermined path with a speed that is predetermined for a crash location, wherein the operation of the drive apparatus and/or the braking device is/are controllable by the control device such that, when there is a deviation between the actual path and the predetermined path, the direction of the vehicle is changeable by selectively changing the torques acting on the wheels such that the deviation decreases. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for performing vehicle crash tests using a system that comprises:
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a guide device for defining a predetermined path of a vehicle, a speed guide device for defining a predetermined speed that the vehicle will achieve at at least one location along the predetermined path and a driverless, multi-track vehicle comprising; at least one drive apparatus for driving at least one wheel of the vehicle, at least one braking apparatus for selectively braking at least two wheels disposed on different sides of the vehicle, a guiding device for calculating a deviation between the predetermined path and an actual path of the vehicle and a control device for controlling the operation of the vehicle such that the vehicle is movable along the predetermined path with a speed that is predetermined for a crash location, the method comprising; controlling the operation of the drive apparatus and/or the braking device such that, when there is a deviation between the actual path and the predetermined path, the direction of the vehicle is changed by selectively changing the torques acting on the wheels, whereby the deviation decreases. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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