A novel nonlinear adaptive cruise controller for vehicular platoonsA novel nonlinear adaptive cruise controller for vehicular platoons Πλήρης Δημοσίευση σε Συνέδριο Conference Full Paper 2021-07-062021enThe paper deals with the design of nonlinear adaptive cruise controllers for vehicular platoons. The constructed feedback controllers are nonlinear functions of the distance between successive vehicles and their speeds. It is shown that the proposed novel controllers guarantee safety (collision avoidance) and bounded vehicle speeds by explicitly characterizing the set of allowable inputs. Moreover, we guarantee global asymptotic stability of the platoon to a desired configuration as well as string stability. Certain macroscopic properties are also investigated. The efficiency of the nonlinear adaptive cruise controllers is demonstrated by means of numerical examples.The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme/ ERC Grant Agreement n. [833915], project TrafficFluid.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/2021 European Control ConferenceProceedings of the 2021 European Control ConferenceKarafyllis_et_al._ECC_2021.pdfChania [Greece]Library of TUC2021-07-05application/pdf530.5 kBfree Karafyllis Iason Καραφυλλης Ιασων Theodosis Dionysios Θεοδοσης-Παλημερης Διονυσιος Papageorgiou Markos Παπαγεωργιου Μαρκος Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Adaptive Cruise Controllers (ACC)