Cruise Control Engineering Lab

Design and validate a P or PI cruise-speed controller across nominal, heavier-vehicle, and uphill-load scenarios.

Plant: G(s) = 1 / (ms + b)
Nominal parameters: m = 1000 kg, b = 50 N·s/m
Input: Drive force U (N)
Output: Vehicle speed V (m/s)

Vehicle cruise-control system with target speed and resistive force

Nominal Vehicle

m = 1000 kg · target = 10 m/s

Mass +10%

m = 1100 kg · target = 10 m/s

Uphill Load

m = 1000 kg · target = 10 m/s

−200 N load at 8 s

Actuator constraint: Drive force must remain between 0 and 2500 N. Your final delivery includes a controller choice, experiment evidence, multi-scenario validation, and a short design conclusion.