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Main Authors: Jing, Feilong, Deng, Yang, Wang, Boyi, Zheng, Xudong, Sun, Yifan, Chen, Zhang, Liang, Bin
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.09134
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author Jing, Feilong
Deng, Yang
Wang, Boyi
Zheng, Xudong
Sun, Yifan
Chen, Zhang
Liang, Bin
author_facet Jing, Feilong
Deng, Yang
Wang, Boyi
Zheng, Xudong
Sun, Yifan
Chen, Zhang
Liang, Bin
contents Drifting is an advanced driving technique where the wheeled robot's tire-ground interaction breaks the common non-holonomic pure rolling constraint. This allows high-maneuverability tasks like quick cornering, and steady-state drifting control enhances motion stability under lateral slip conditions. While drifting has been successfully achieved in four-wheeled robot systems, its application to single-track two-wheeled (STTW) robots, such as unmanned motorcycles or bicycles, has not been thoroughly studied. To bridge this gap, this paper extends the drifting equilibrium theory to STTW robots and reveals the mechanism behind the steady-state drifting maneuver. Notably, the counter-steering drifting technique used by skilled motorcyclists is explained through this theory. In addition, an analytical algorithm based on intrinsic geometry and kinematics relationships is proposed, reducing the computation time by four orders of magnitude while maintaining less than 6% error compared to numerical methods. Based on equilibrium analysis, a model predictive controller (MPC) is designed to achieve steady-state drifting and equilibrium points transition, with its effectiveness and robustness validated through simulations.
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spellingShingle Steady-State Drifting Equilibrium Analysis of Single-Track Two-Wheeled Robots for Controller Design
Jing, Feilong
Deng, Yang
Wang, Boyi
Zheng, Xudong
Sun, Yifan
Chen, Zhang
Liang, Bin
Robotics
Drifting is an advanced driving technique where the wheeled robot's tire-ground interaction breaks the common non-holonomic pure rolling constraint. This allows high-maneuverability tasks like quick cornering, and steady-state drifting control enhances motion stability under lateral slip conditions. While drifting has been successfully achieved in four-wheeled robot systems, its application to single-track two-wheeled (STTW) robots, such as unmanned motorcycles or bicycles, has not been thoroughly studied. To bridge this gap, this paper extends the drifting equilibrium theory to STTW robots and reveals the mechanism behind the steady-state drifting maneuver. Notably, the counter-steering drifting technique used by skilled motorcyclists is explained through this theory. In addition, an analytical algorithm based on intrinsic geometry and kinematics relationships is proposed, reducing the computation time by four orders of magnitude while maintaining less than 6% error compared to numerical methods. Based on equilibrium analysis, a model predictive controller (MPC) is designed to achieve steady-state drifting and equilibrium points transition, with its effectiveness and robustness validated through simulations.
title Steady-State Drifting Equilibrium Analysis of Single-Track Two-Wheeled Robots for Controller Design
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.09134