A motor vehicle (10), in particular an autonomous motor vehicle, includes a steering system (38, 30), a plurality of wheels (18, 20) that can be steered by means of the steering system (28, 30), and wheel housings (24, 26) for said wheels (18, 20). The steering system (28, 30) is designed such that the steering system steers the steerable wheels (18, 20) of a wheel pair in question in the same direction, in the case of joint steering to the left or right at a steering angle a up to a limit angle a.sub.g defined by the shape of the corresponding wheel housings (24, 26), and in opposite directions, in the case of steering to the left or right at a steering angle a exceeding the limit angle α.sub.g.

A vehicle with omnidirectional movement is provided. The vehicle is able to move in three degrees of freedom, including forward, backward, sideways and rotating around the center of the vehicle. Methods of controlling said vehicle said vehicle is also provided. The methods control the movement of the vehicle in an omnidirectional manner by utilizing wheel, tire, suspension, driveshafts, and steering components of a conventional automobile.

A method for steering a vehicle, having a front axle with steerable wheels, a rear axle with steerable wheels, having a steering system including as its components a steering wheel operable by the driver and at least one automatic steering module, wherein a manual primary steering intervention is undertaken by the driver of the vehicle for the steering wheel, on the basis of which a manual primary steering reaction occurs for the wheels of the front axle, wherein on the basis of the manual primary steering reaction at least one automatic secondary steering intervention is undertaken with the at least one automatic steering module for the wheels of at least one axle.

A method for steering a vehicle, having a front axle with steerable wheels, a rear axle with steerable wheels, having a steering system including as its components a steering wheel operable by the driver and at least one automatic steering module, wherein a manual primary steering intervention is undertaken by the driver of the vehicle for the steering wheel, on the basis of which a manual primary steering reaction occurs for the wheels of the front axle, wherein on the basis of the manual primary steering reaction at least one automatic secondary steering intervention is undertaken with the at least one automatic steering module for the wheels of at least one axle.

The present disclosure relates to a system and a method of controlling the movement of a tracked mobile mining machine having one or more articulated vehicle units. The control system works by taking input from manual or automated input means, the input serving as a set operating value for at least one driving parameter. The controller generates control signals, which are sent to regulating means that actuate the motor of the mobile mining machine. Using sensors on the machine, actual values of the driving parameter are measured in real-time and fed to the controller for comparison with the original set values. Any difference in the values is compensated for when the controller sends control signals to the regulating means causing readjustment of the driving parameter of the mining machine. The control system is applicable to crawler-driven powered vehicle units to ensure synchronous crawler movement for both linear and non-linear paths.

A calibration device includes: a first coefficient calculation unit, a first output unit, an ideal value calculation unit, a second coefficient calculation unit configured to calculate a second coefficient by dividing a second output value by the ideal value, the second output value being an actual output value of the detector when the extension/contraction amount of the suspension device is the first extension/contraction amount, and a calibration unit configured to calculate a calibration value which is an output value after calibration of the detector when the suspension device has the minimum extension/contraction amount, by using the second output value, the first extension/contraction amount, the operation amount, the first output value, and the second coefficient.

A vehicle control system provided with a control device that includes a control lateral acceleration calculation unit that calculates a control lateral acceleration from a lateral acceleration obtained by using a planar two degrees of freedom model of a vehicle based on vehicle state information and disregarding a second order delay component determined from vehicle specifications, a steer drag differential value calculation unit that calculates a steer drag differential value, an additional deceleration calculation unit that calculates an additional deceleration to be applied to the vehicle according to the steer drag differential value, and an additional braking force calculation unit that calculates an additional braking force to be generated by the braking force generator according to the additional deceleration.

An apparatus for transporting a load is described, including: a body including a part or portion for engaging with or connecting to a load to be transported; a ground-engaging device supporting the body, the ground-engaging device for effecting movement of the body over a surface; a transmitter module; a receiver module; and a controller for communicating with the transmitter and receiver modules and the ground engaging device and for receiving status signals from components and/or devices of the apparatus, wherein the controller is capable of conducting a check as to the status of the components and/or devices of the apparatus, and after completing said check to provide an “apparatus operative” or “apparatus non-operative” signal to the transmitter module, wherein the transmitter module is configured to transmit the “apparatus operative” or “apparatus non-operative” signal, and wherein the receiver module is configured to receive from a first predetermined, or designated, other such apparatus its respective “apparatus operative” or “apparatus non-operative” signals.

A method for steering a vehicle that comprises a steering system with a steering wheel and a front axle as well as a rear axle with wheels, wherein it is provided that a direction of the vehicle is adjusted manually by a driver of the vehicle by adjustment of a steering wheel angle of the steering wheel, as a result of which, for the wheels of at least one of the axles, a steering angle is adjusted, which is obtained from the steering wheel angle plus a superposition angle, wherein, through an automatically adjustable steering ratio for the wheels of at least one of the axles, a ratio of the steering wheel angle to the steering angle for the wheels is set, wherein the vehicle travels into a curve on a circular path with a radius at a speed with a first value, wherein a steering wheel angle is adjusted by the driver.

A steering method of an industrial truck. The industrial truck comprises a drive, at least three steerable wheels, at least one steering setpoint value transmitter which steers at least one of the at least three steerable wheels, a steering computer which provides angle setpoint values, and an electrical power electronics unit which supplies electrical energy to a steering motor associated with the at least one steered wheel. The method comprises steering, via the at least one steering setpoint value transmitter, the at least one steered wheel, detecting angular positions of the at least one steered wheel, providing the angle setpoint values via the steering computer, comparing the angular positions of the at least one steered wheel with the angle setpoint values provided via the steering computer so as to determine a setpoint/actual value difference, and controlling the electrical power electronics unit based on the setpoint/actual value difference.