Improved ADRC-Based Autonomous Vehicle Path-Tracking Control Study Considering Lateral Stability

The antidisturbance control problem of autonomous vehicle path tracking considering lateral stability is studied in this paper. This paper proposes an improved active disturbance rejection control (IADRC) control method including an improved extended state observer (IESO) and an error compensator based on LQR, where a new continuous nonlinear function is proposed in the IESO instead of the classical piecewise function. Based on the IADRC, an autonomous vehicle path-tracking controller considering lateral stability is designed. Using the output wheel steering angle and external yaw moment, the IESO estimates the disturbance value and compensates for the disturbance in the feedback to meet the goal of antidisturbance control. Based on the concept of control allocation (CA), the control distributor is designed to distribute the external yaw moment to the four wheels in a reasonable and optimal way to achieve differential braking. Finally, the control scheme is evaluated in the form of CarSim/Simulink cosimulation; the results show that the proposed autonomous vehicle path-tracking control scheme has better path-tracking effect and higher antidisturbance robustness.