Vehicle Dynamics

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Vehicle-dynamics research models how forces and motion interact, helping predict behavior and keep cars, trucks, motorcycles, and mobile robots safe and controllable. Approaches range from physics-based bicycle, tire, and multibody models to learned or hybrid methods such as Gaussian processes, Koopman models, and neural state-space models, often informed by system identification and onboard sensors. These models support model predictive control, stability and safety constraints, and reinforcement learning in settings from autonomous racing to rough terrain, with evaluation in simulation and on real vehicles. A central challenge is ensuring that accurate predictions also produce reliable closed-loop control across changing surfaces, speeds, and vehicle configurations without sacrificing safety for performance.

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  1. A Differentiable Chassis Safety Layer for Intelligent Vehicle Motion Control

    Oct 24, 2026Lu Xiong, Xuge Hu, Yufei Song +2Safety-Critical ControlAutonomous Driving

    Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tongji University, Shanghai, China · College of Automotive and Energy Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

  2. SCET-CBF: Speed-Calibrated Soft Guidance for One-Step Dynamic Navigation

    Oct 24, 2026Xiaoyu Han, Dongkun HanDynamic Obstacle AvoidanceCollision Avoidance

    University College London · Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom. · The Chinese University of Hong Kong +1

  3. Sensitivity-Orthogonal Residual Learning for Adaptive Sideslip and Cornering Stiffness Estimation

    Oct 20, 2026Kyoungtae Ji, Dongyeol Won, Kyoungseok HanVehicle DynamicsResidual Dynamics Learning

    Department of Automotive Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea · Department of Automotive Engineering (Automotive-Computer Convergence), Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea

  4. Slip-Induced Fall Suppression During Cornering for a Remotely Operated Motorcycle with a Rear-Wheel-Swing Mechanism

    Oct 15, 2026Tadashi Sumioka, Kazushi Akimoto, Takuya Tsujimura +2Vehicle Dynamics

    Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Innovative Research Excellence, Frontier Robotics, Saitama 3510114, Japan · Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

  5. Model-Based Trailer-Sway Suppression for Autonomous Passenger Vehicles

    Oct 11, 2026Alec McFadyen, Pablo Covarrubias De La Torre, Connor McGovernVehicle DynamicsAutonomous Driving

    Boston, Massachusetts

  6. MAP2: Model- and Acceleration-Based Pursuit with MPC and Gaussian Process Residual Learning for Autonomous Racing

    Oct 8, 2026Weizhan Huang, Cheng Hu, Edoardo Ghignone +5Autonomous RacingVehicle Dynamics

    Zhejiang University · Center for Project-Based Learning, D-ITET, ETH Zurich

  7. Energy-Aware Path Following: Comparative Analysis of Reinforcement Learning and NMPC for Electric Vehicles

    Oct 6, 2026Mohamed Sabaa, Mostafa EmamRobot Trajectory TrackingNonlinear MPC

    Computer Science Department, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia · Institute of Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computing, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Neubiberg, 85579, Germany

  8. LLA-MPC on Embedded Hardware: Rapid Adaptive Control with Thousands of Parallel Models

    Oct 2, 2026Henry Z. Liao, Maitham F. AL-Sunni, John M. DolanAdaptive MPCModel Predictive Control

    Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA · Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

  9. SceneFactory-3D: Lifting 2D Traffic Scenes into 3D Physical Counterfactuals for Scalable Physically Grounded Safety Evaluation

    Oct 2, 2026Yicheng Zhu, Linfeng Tian, Tianmu Zhao +4Autonomous Driving SimulationAutonomous Driving Safety Evaluation

    Rochester Institute of Technology · City University of Hong Kong · New York University

  10. FlapKAD: A Simulation Dataset of Coupled Wing Kinematics and Aerodynamic Dynamics for Flapping-Wing Aerial Vehicles

    Sep 30, 2026Haichuan LiAerial RoboticsVehicle Dynamics

    University of Turku

  11. Path-Following Control and Terramechanics Analysis for Planetary Rovers Under Wheel-to-Wheel Traction Asymmetry

    Sep 30, 2026Ryuya Matsuoka, Keisuke Takehana, Kentaro Uno +2Robot Trajectory TrackingSpace Robotics

    Department of Aerospace Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan · Research Center for Green X-Tech, Green Goals Initiative, Tohoku University · Research Center for Space Cross-Tech, Green Goals Initiative, Tohoku University

  12. VehDyn: A Driving World Model Benchmark for Vehicle Dynamics

    Sep 27, 2026Tianyi Wang, Wangsheng Du, Jiazhou Chen +12Autonomous Driving BenchmarksPhysical Consistency in Video Generation

  13. TriDrive: Joint Driver, Vehicle, and Road Modeling for Forecasting and Driver Monitoring

    Sep 26, 2026Yuhang Wang, Jingxin Yang, Chuheng Wei +4Driver MonitoringAutonomous Driving

    University of South Florida · NVIDIA · Purdue University +1

  14. Differentiable Dynamics for Autonomous Micro-Mobility Navigation

    Sep 25, 2026Grace Cai, Joey Lee, Nithin Parepally +2Vehicle DynamicsDifferentiable Physics

    Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland at College Park, MD, U.S.A.

  15. Gray-Box Model Predictive Control for Articulated Dump Trucks via Gaussian Process Learning of Sideslip

    Sep 23, 2026Arash Shahirpour, Jens Ahlers, Christopher Schulte +1Model Predictive ControlVehicle Dynamics

    Institute of Automatic Control, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany

  16. Minimum Time Trajectories for a Car-Like Mobile Robot Moving with Rigid Wheels Under Non-Sliding Constraints

    Sep 21, 2026Joseph Ben-Asher, Elon Rimon, Leeor RavinaConstrained Motion PlanningTrajectory Optimization

    Dept. of AE, Technion, Israel. · Dept. of ME, Technion, Israel.

  17. Steering Through Contact: A Finite-Support Motion Model for Single-Track Center-Articulated Robots

    Sep 20, 2026Mohamed Dhia Ounally, Nicolas Samson, Mathis Turgeon-Roy +3Robot Motion PredictionRobotics

    Norlab, Universit´e Laval, Qu´ebec, QC, Canada · TSCF, INRAE, Clermont-Ferrand, France

  18. Optimal Excitation Trajectories for System Identification of Underwater Vehicles

    Sep 15, 2026Fotis Panetsos, Kostas J. KyriakopoulosRobot Dynamics IdentificationTrajectory Optimization

    Center for AI & Robotics (CAIR) and the Electrical Eng. Program, Engineering Division, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

  19. Comfort by Construction: Adaptive, Comfort-Bounded Action Spaces for Learned Driving Policies

    Sep 11, 2026Anna Rothenhäusler, Daniel Jost, Raghu Rajan +4Constrained RLVehicle Dynamics

    University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany · Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence, Stuttgart, Germany · Coburg University of Applied Sciences, Coburg, Germany

  20. High-Fidelity Multi-Body Simulator for Autonomous Racing

    Sep 11, 2026Nicola Musiu, Francesco Iacovacci, Fausto Lupo +11Autonomous RacingVehicle Dynamics

    University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy · Megaride S.r.l., Naples, Italy · University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy +1

  21. Quantifying Spectral Differences in Vehicle Kinematics Between Production Autonomous and Human-Driven Vehicles Across Driving Scenarios

    Sep 11, 2026Peiyi Fang, Xiangyu Li, Yonglin Weng +1Vehicle Dynamics

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, 511453, China

  22. Toward Reliable Railway-Bogie Response Prediction Using Multifidelity TDNN and Physics-Informed Residual Learning

    Sep 10, 2026Gyeolhee Lee, Moosun Kim, Taewook Kwon +3Surrogate ModelingResidual Learning

    Department of Automotive Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea · Korea Railroad Research Institute, 176 Cheoldobangmulgwan-ro, Uiwang-si, Gyeonggi-do 16105, Republic of Korea · Department of Future Mobility, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea

  23. IMU-Centric Moving Horizon Estimation for Lateral Dynamics Estimation Across Vehicles and Grip Conditions

    Sep 9, 2026Seuffo Akouan ha Ngoune, Alessandro Toschi, Paolo Burgio +1Autonomous DrivingVehicle Dynamics

    University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

  24. Prediction of Nonlinear Oscillations in a Jumping Quarter-Car Model Using Reservoir Computing

    Sep 1, 2026Masahisa Watanabe, Shiva Dixit, Nirmal Punetha +2Chaotic Time-Series PredictionVehicle Dynamics

    Division of Environmental and Agricultural Engineering, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan · Amity Institute of Integrative Sciences and Health, Amity University Haryana - Gurugram, Manesar, 122 413 Haryana, India · Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya 466 8555, Japan +1

  25. Optimized Modular Design and Development of a Tilt-Rotor Bicopter Drone

    Aug 31, 2026Saideep Verma, Nimisha Tatapudi, Akshay Arjun +3Aerial RoboticsVehicle Dynamics

    Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, India. · Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, India.

  26. Vehicle Drift Emergence: Continuous Evolution from Grip Driving to the Handling Limit via Boundary Exploration Learning Model Predictive Control

    Aug 28, 2026Sheng Zhao, Binh-Minh Nguyen, Hangyu Lu +1Vehicle DynamicsModel Predictive Control

    School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China. · Department of Advanced Energy, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, 277-8561, Japan. · Faculty of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, 999077, China.

  27. DART-S: Reachability-Audited Active-Suspension Preconditioning for Off-Road Vehicle Jumps

    Aug 20, 2026Yu Hu, Fangzhou Zhao, Liang Chen +7Vehicle DynamicsFeedback Control

    Research Center for Intelligent Computing Systems, Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, Beijing 100190, China. · School of Computer Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China. · Dong Feng Off-Road Vehicle Co., Ltd, Shiyan 442000, China.

  28. Stability Control for Real World Testing in Autonomous Racing

    Aug 18, 2026Phillip Pitschi, Simon Sagmeister, Frederik Werner +2Vehicle DynamicsAutonomous Racing

    Technical University of Munich, Germany; School of Engineering & Design, Department of Engineering Physics and Computation, Institute of Automatic Control · Technical University of Munich, Germany; School of Engineering & Design, Department of Mobility Systems Engineering, Institute of Automotive Technology

  29. A Neural Network Based Teleoperation for Remote Controlled Vehicles

    Aug 11, 2026Ning Ding, Azim EskandarianRobot TeleoperationRobust Control

    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24060 USA · College of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284 USA

  30. Predictive safety filter enhanced curriculum learning control for efficient vehicle dynamics controller

    Aug 10, 2026Baocong Zhang, Siliang Lu, Chenyang LiSafety-Critical ControlVehicle Dynamics

    1Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China · 2Bosch Corporate Research, Shanghai, China