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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2010
Rajiv K. Gupta, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Christopher E. Borroni-bird, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Rajiv K. Gupta, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Christopher E. Borroni-Bird, Oakland Township, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus to turn a vehicle in a low speed zero slip turning maneuver includes a vehicle body and a vehicle chassis including a plurality of wheels, wherein every wheel of the chassis is steerable, and an electric propulsion system. The apparatus also includes a low speed turning maneuver module monitoring a desired low speed zero slip turning maneuver, determining a desired instant center of rotation for the vehicle based upon the desired low speed zero slip turning maneuver, determining a wheel orientation for each of the wheels perpendicular to the desired instant center of rotation, and controlling each of the wheels according to the corresponding determined wheel orientation.
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