Abstract: “In the vehicle platoon, vehicles drive in a row with a short vehicle distance by the help of the mechanical and the electric control systems. The aim of this paper is to discuss the velocity control model of the vehicles in a platoon. The velocity control model is defined by means of the vehicle following model. The parameters are determined by minimizing the objective function. The validity of the model is discussed firstly in A. Single-Leader Vehicle Following Model Helly model is adopted as the single-leader vehicle following model, which is given as follows [7]. computer simulation and then, applied for the experiment of robot vehicles. The validity of the model is discussed in the computer simulation and the experiment of robot vehicles.”

Keywords: vehicle platoon, vehicle following model, simulation, experiment