The invention discloses a pilotless automobile lateral control method based on turning curvature
estimation. The pilotless automobile lateral control method based on the turning curvature
estimation comprises setup of a preconceived track, collection of GPS-INS integrated
positioning system data and
steering wheel turning angle command signals send out by an
autopilot, and especially is a method that a preview
distance based on a road curvature is set firstly, and then a preview point A and a preview point B are reset according to the preview distance, later, longitudes and latitudes of the preview point A and the preview point B are converted into a vehicle coordinate
system to work out an optimum turning curvature, and
steering wheel turning angle controlled quantity is worked out according to the optimum turning curvature and is output to the
autopilot to achieve lateral control of a pilotless automobile. According to the pilotless automobile lateral control method based on the turning curvature
estimation, through actual measurement, the maximum
tracking error is only 0.4m when the speed of the automobile is at 20km / h, the maximum
tracking error is only 0.6m when the speed of direction change is 5km / h; both accurate tracking of various kinds of complex tracks is achieved, and
steering wheel shaking caused by single-point preview
feedback control is avoided, and the control quantity of the pilotless automobile is more smooth; the method can be widely used in pilotless driving control of the various kinds of vehicles.