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  • Automotive Engineering
  • Robotics and Control Systems
  • Sensor Fusion

Background:

  • Accurate estimation of vehicle trailer rotation (hitch angle) is crucial for advanced trailer control algorithms in the automotive industry.
  • Existing methods may lack the precision required for real-time control applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a novel experimental dataset for vehicle trailer angle estimation.
  • To provide a MATLAB code implementation for data analysis and algorithm replication.
  • To facilitate research and development in trailer stability and control.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a truck mock-up with a trailer, equipped with two radars and a camera for data acquisition.
  • Employed a rotary motion sensor at the hitch ball for ground truth trailer angle measurement.
  • Transformed radar detections into a common vehicle coordinate system (VCS) centered at the hitch ball.

Main Results:

  • Developed MATLAB code for visualizing sensor data, including combined radar detections and ground truth angles.
  • Successfully replicated previous estimation results using radar data, validating the dataset and methodology.
  • Demonstrated the feasibility of using radar and camera data for accurate trailer angle estimation.

Conclusions:

  • The presented dataset and code serve as valuable resources for the automotive research community.
  • The methodology enables robust trailer angle estimation, supporting the development of enhanced trailer control systems.
  • Further research can leverage this work for real-time applications and improved vehicle dynamics control.