In this paper, a robust integrated control scheme is developed for autonomous vehicles path following considering both yaw stability and roll stability. First, a controller with H∞ and optimal guaranteed cost performances is presented, and the poles of the closed-loop system are configured in a given disk region to improve the state response performance. The controller outputs front and rear wheel angles for path following, as well as an external yaw moment and an external roll moment for lateral stability control. Secondly, the braking forces acted on four wheels are optimally distributed by means of quadratic programing. Besides, the steering angles of the four wheels conform to the Ackermann geometry relation. Finally, the proposed control scheme is verified by CarSim/Simulink co-simulation, the results show that the scheme has better performance on path following accuracy and stability of yaw and roll. Meanwhile, constraining the poles in a given disk region can improve the state response performance of the vehicle during operation.
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