Developing and Testing an Autonomous All-Terrain Vehicle to Experimentally Test Rollover Incidents

• DOI: 10.13031/aim.201901456
• Publication Date: 2019-08-14T14:23:33Z
• Authors: Hsiao-Yang Chou; Farzaneh Khorsandi
• Keywords: Rollover (web design)

<b><sc>Abstract.</sc></b> The rollover crashes are the leading cause of fatalities in agricultural all-terrain vehicle (ATV) incidents. Crush Protection Device (CPD) is a passive safety structure that could protect operator ATV There some contradictions results previous studies regarding effectiveness CPDs protecting Also, no study evaluated CPD performance incidents which usually happens at low speed. needs to be by conducting experimental incident tests. A remotely controlled was developed improve repeatability and accuracy In this study, an (4x4 Honda FourTrax Rancher 2018) with Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT), independent rear suspension (IRS), electric power steering (EPS) used. control system on contains three major components: (1) closed-loop line-following feature for accurate guidance, (2) remote cruise module speed control, (3) braking along emergency engine shut-off purpose Performance each component examined riding straight line. Repeatable expected when uneven terrain slopes bumps. Simulating can increase reliability evaluation field tests, thus assist improvement future design.