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However, the active estimation and rejection of unknown disturbances\/uncertainties remain a tough work for formulating a stable lateral motion controller. To address the challenge, this paper proposes a robust lateral stabilization control (RLSC) scheme for the developed IWMD-MR by designing an active disturbance suppression mechanism. The distinctive features of the proposed RLSC method are threefold: (i) With a fuzzy estimator, a modified super-twisting sliding mode method is designed to eliminate the system perturbations and time-varying lumped disturbances in an active manner; (ii) The resultant system trajectory is forced into a bounded switching region within finite time, which can be maintained therein for subsequent periods; (iii) Employing the Lyapunov function, new adaption rules for multivariable gains are derived to preserve the lateral motion stability and robustness. 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