TOWING VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, TOWING VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM

A towing vehicle control device includes: a computation device that computes a target vehicle body speed and a target curvature of a towing vehicle from a target vehicle body speed and a target curvature of a towed vehicle configured to travel together with the towing vehicle provided with motive power, and that generates a control signal for the motive power based on the target vehicle body speed of the towing vehicle, the target curvature of the towing vehicle, and a target articulation angle, which is a target value of an articulation angle that is an angle formed between a travel direction of the towing vehicle and a travel direction of the towed vehicle and is computed based on the target curvature of the towed vehicle; and a drive control section that controls the motive power of the towing vehicle in accordance with the control signal.