The invention discloses a
finite time convergence vehicle formation control method based on a
disturbance observer. The method comprises the following steps that step 1, vehicles in a formation are numbered from 0 to N from front to back, wherein the zeroth vehicle is a
pilot vehicle running at a
constant speed, and step 2, each vehicle obtains estimated values of unmatched speed disturbance and matched acceleration disturbance through a
disturbance observer; step 3, in the driving process, the
pilot vehicle and each following vehicle i use onboard communication to send own number, position, speed, acceleration, and disturbance estimate information to other vehicles; step 4, a
position tracking error is defined to be e(p,j) and a speed
tracking error is defined as e (v,i); step 5, each following vehicle i uses the own position, speed, acceleration and disturbance
estimation information and received position, speed, acceleration and disturbance
estimation information of other vehicles to calculate own expected acceleration; step 6, the expected acceleration is determined to be higher or lower than the actual acceleration when the opening degree of the
throttle valve is zero; step 7,a driving
system or a
braking system acts to obtain a driving torque Tiw or a braking torque Tib, and the driving torque Tiw or the braking torque Tib is applied to the vehicle body; and step 8, eachfollowing vehicle continuously repeats the steps 2-7 to realize vehicle formation driving. According to the
finite time convergence vehicle formation control method based on the
disturbance observer,the vehicle formation development error can be converged within the
finite time, so that the vehicle formation tracking performance and safety are ensured.