OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE USING VEHICULAR ACTIVE REAR STEERING

A system and method for obstacle collision avoidance using vehicular active rear steering is presented. The system and method include determining a front steering angle of a vehicle applied by a driver and an associated rear steering angle of the vehicle configured with active rear steering. Using sensors within the vehicle, a location of an obstacle is detected where, based on the front steering angle of the vehicle and the associated rear steering angle of the vehicle, a path of the vehicle is predicted. Based on the path of the vehicle and the location of the obstacle, a collision between the vehicle and the obstacle is predicted and an adjusting rear steering command is calculated to modify the path of the vehicle to avoid the predicted collision with the obstacle by sending the adjusting steering commands to steering actuators.