As autonomous driving technology advances toward higher levels of automation, the capability to maintain precise trajectory tracking and stability under limit-handling conditions becomes crucial. However, conventional chassis control systems often rel...
As autonomous driving technology advances toward higher levels of automation, the capability to maintain precise trajectory tracking and stability under limit-handling conditions becomes crucial. However, conventional chassis control systems often rely on simplified single-track models and decoupled control architectures, which limit their agility and robustness in critical scenarios. To address these limitations, this paper presents a holistic integrated chassis control algorithm employing a double-track vehicle model that utilizes model predictive control to optimally coordinate four-wheel steering, independent driving torques, and four-wheel independent braking. Comparative simulations, conducted under high-speed slalom and double-lane change maneuvers, validate the superiority of the proposed approach over conventional methods. The results indicate that the double-track formulation is essential for the active utilization of torque vectoring, whereas single-track models restrict torque vectoring to a passive role. Furthermore, the evaluation reveals that while partially integrated or fully modular systems suffer from actuator conflicts and optimization infeasibility, the proposed fully integrated controller resolves these issues, achieving superior tracking accuracy and substantially reducing sideslip angles. Overall, the findings confirm that combining a high-fidelity double-track model with a fully integrated control architecture is a prerequisite for ensuring robust performance and safety of high-level autonomous driving systems.