Finite-time Prescribed Performance Time-Varying Formation Control for Second-Order Multi-Agent Systems With Non-Strict Feedback Based on a Neural Network Observer

This paper studies the problem of time-varying formation control with finite-time prescribed performance for nonstrict feedback second-order multi-agent systems with unmeasured states and unknown nonlinearities.To eliminate nonlinearities,neural networks are applied to approximate the inherent dynamics of the system.In addition,due to the limitations of the actual working conditions,each follower agent can only obtain the locally measurable partial state information of the leader agent.To address this problem,a neural network state observer based on the leader state information is designed.Then,a finite-time prescribed performance adaptive output feedback control strategy is proposed by restricting the sliding mode surface to a prescribed region,which ensures that the closed-loop system has practical finite-time stability and that formation errors of the multi-agent systems converge to the prescribed performance bound in finite time.Finally,a numerical simulation is provided to demonstrate the practicality and effectiveness of the developed algorithm.

Adaptive admittance tracking control for interactive robot with prescribed performance

An adaptive control approach is presented in this paper for tracking desired trajectories in interactive manipulators. The controller design incorporates prescribed performance functions (PPFs) to improve dynamic performance. Notably, the performance of the output error is confined in an envelope characterized by exponential convergence, leading to convergence to zero. This feature ensures a prompt response from admittance control and establishes a reliable safety framework for interactions. Simulation results provide practical insights,demonstrating the viability of the control scheme proposed in this paper.

Contact detumbling toward a nutating target through deformable effectors and prescribed performance controller

Detumbling operation toward a rotating target with nutation is meaningful for debris removal but challenging. In this study, a deformable end-effector is first designed based on the requirements for contacting the nutating target. A dual-arm robotic system installed with the deformable end-effectors is modeled and the movement of the end-tips is analyzed. The complex operation of the contact toward a nutating target places strict requirements on control accuracy and controller robustness. Thus, an improvement of the tracking error transformation is proposed and an adaptive sliding mode controller with prescribed performance is designed to guarantee the fast and precise motion of the effector during the contact detumbling.Finally, by employing the proposed effector and the controller,numerical simulations are carried out to verify the effectiveness and efficiency of the contact detumbling toward a nutating target.

Trajectory tracking guidance of interceptor via prescribed performance integral sliding mode with neural network disturbance observer

This paper investigates interception missiles’trajectory tracking guidance problem under wind field and external disturbances in the boost phase.Indeed,the velocity control in such trajectory tracking guidance systems of missiles is challenging.As our contribution,the velocity control channel is designed to deal with the intractable velocity problem and improve tracking accuracy.The global prescribed performance function,which guarantees the tracking error within the set range and the global convergence of the tracking guidance system,is first proposed based on the traditional PPF.Then,a tracking guidance strategy is derived using the integral sliding mode control techniques to make the sliding manifold and tracking errors converge to zero and avoid singularities.Meanwhile,an improved switching control law is introduced into the designed tracking guidance algorithm to deal with the chattering problem.A back propagation neural network(BPNN)extended state observer(BPNNESO)is employed in the inner loop to identify disturbances.The obtained results indicate that the proposed tracking guidance approach achieves the trajectory tracking guidance objective without and with disturbances and outperforms the existing tracking guidance schemes with the lowest tracking errors,convergence times,and overshoots.

A Novel Prescribed-Performance Path-Following Problem for Non-Holonomic Vehicles

The issue of achieving prescribed-performance path following in robotics is addressed in this paper,where the aim is to ensure that a desired path within a specified region is accu-rately converged to by the controlled vehicle.In this context,a novel form of the prescribed performance guiding vector field is introduced,accompanied by a prescribed-time sliding mode con-trol approach.Furthermore,the interdependence among the pre-scribed parameters is discussed.To validate the effectiveness of the proposed method,numerical simulations are presented to demonstrate the efficacy of the approach.

Prescribed performance neural control to guarantee tracking quality for near space kinetic kill vehicle

A prescribed performance neural controller to guarantee tracking quality is addressed for the near space kinetic kill vehicle (NSKKV) to meet the state constraints caused by side window detection. Different from the traditional prescribed performance control in which the shape of the performance function is constant, this paper exploits new performance functions which can change the shape of their function according to different symbols of initial errors and can ensure the error convergence with a small overshoot. The neural backstepping control and the minimal learning parameters (MLP) technology are employed for exploring a prescribed performance controller (PPC) that provides robust tracking attitude reference trajectories. The highlight is that the transient performance of tracking errors is satisfactory and the computational load of neural approximation is low. The pseudo rate (PSR) modulator is used to shape the continuous control command to pulse or on-off signals to meet the requirements of the thruster. Numerical simulations show that the proposed method can achieve state constraints, pseudo-linear operation and high accuracy.

PID-type fault-tolerant prescribed performance control of fixed-wing UAV

This paper introduces a fault-tolerant control(FTC)design for a faulty fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV).To constrain tracking errors against actuator faults,error constraint inequalities are first transformed to a new set of variables based on prescribed performance functions.Then,the commonly used and powerful proportional-integral-derivative(PID)control concept is employed to filter the transformed error variables.To handle the fault-induced nonlinear terms,a composite learning algorithm consisting of neural network and disturbance observer is incorporated for increasing flight safety.It is shown by Lyapunov stability analysis that the tracking errors are strictly constrained within the specified error bounds.Experimental results are presented to verify the feasibility of the developed FTC scheme.

Practical prescribed-time tracking control for uncertain strict-feedback systems with guaranteed performance under unknown control directions

In this paper,we consider the practical prescribed-time performance guaranteed tracking control problem for a class of uncertain strict-feedback systems subject to unknown control direction.Due to the existence of unknown nonlinearities and uncertainties,it is challenging to design a controller that can ensure the stability of closed-loop system within a predetermined finite time while maintaining the specified transient performance.The underlying problem becomes further complex as the control directions are unknown.To deal with the above problems,a special translation function as well as Nussbaum type function are introduced in the prescribed performance control(PPC)framework.Finally,a PPC as well as preset finite time tracking control scheme is designed,and its effectiveness is confirmed by both theoretical analysis and numerical simulation.

Robust Anti⁃swing Control for Unmanned Helicopter Slung⁃Load System with Prescribed Performance

A robust anti-swing control method based on the error transformation function is proposed,and the problem is handled for the unmanned helicopter slung-load system(HSLS)deviating from the equilibrium state due to the disturbances in the lifting process.First,the nonlinear model of unmanned HSLS is established.Second,the errors of swing angles are constructed by using the two ideal swing angle values and the actual swing angle values for the unmanned HSLS under flat flight,and the error transformation functions are investigated to guarantee that the errors of swing angles satisfy the prescribed performance.Third,the nonlinear disturbance observers are introduced to estimate the bounded disturbances,and the robust controllers of the unmanned HSLS,the velocity and the attitude subsystems are designed based on the prescribed performance method,the output of disturbance observer and the sliding mode backstepping strategy,respectively.Fourth,the Lyapunov function is developed to prove the stability of the closed-loop system.Finally,the simulation studies are shown to demonstrate the effectiveness of the control strategy.

Relative Position and Attitude Control for Drag-Free Satellite with Prescribed Performance and Actuator Saturation

An adaptive prescribed performance control scheme is proposed for the drag free satellite in the presence of actuator saturation and external disturbances.The relative translation and rotation dynamics between the test mass and outer satellite are firstly derived.To guarantee prescribed performance bounds on the transient and steady control errors of relative states,a performance constrained control law is formulated with an error transformed function.In addition,the requirements to know the system parameters and the upper bound of the external disturbance in advance have been eliminated by adaptive updating technique.A command filter is concurrently used to overcome the problem of explosion of complexity inherent in the backstepping control design.Subsequently,a novel auxiliary system is constructed to compensate the adverse effects of the actuator saturation constrains.It is proved that all signals in the closed?loop system are ultimately bounded and prescribed performance of relative position and attitude control errors are guaranteed.Finally,numerical simulation results are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

Refined disturbance observer based prescribed performance fixed-time control of high-speed EMS trains with track irregularities

High-speed Electromagnetic Suspension(EMS)train is continuously impacted by the irregularity of the track,which worsens the levitation performance of the train.In this paper,a composite control scheme for the EMS is proposed to suppress track irregularities by integrating a Refined Disturbance Observer(RDO)and a Prescribed Performance Fixed-Time Controller(PPFTC).The RDO is designed to estimate precisely the track irregularities and lumped disturbances with uncertainties and exogenous disturbances in the suspension system,and reduce input chattering by applying to the disturbance compensation channel.PPFTC is designed to converge the suspension air gap error to equilibrium point with prescribed performance by completing error conversion,and solve the fast dynamic issue of EMS.And the boundary of overshoot and steady-state is limited in the ranged prescribed.A theoretical analysis is conducted on the stability of the proposed control method.Finally,the effectiveness and reasonability of the proposed composite anti-disturbance control scheme is verified by simulation results.

Achieving Given Precision Within Prescribed Time yet With Guaranteed Transient Behavior via Output Based Event-Triggered Control

It is interesting yet nontrivial to achieve given control precision within user-assignable time for uncertain nonlinear systems.The underlying problem becomes even more challenging if the transient behavior also needs to be accommodated and only system output is available for feedback.Several key design innovations are proposed to circumvent the aforementioned technical difficulties,including the employment of state estimation filters with event-triggered mechanism,the construction of a novel performance scaling function and an error transformation.In contrast to most existing performance based works where the stability is contingent on initial conditions and the maximum allowable steady-state tracking precision can only be guaranteed at some unknown(theoretically infinite)time,in this work the output of the system is ensured to synchronize with the desired trajectory with arbitrarily pre-assignable convergence rate and arbitrarily pre-specified precision within prescribed time,using output only with lower cost of sensing and communication.In addition,all the closed-loop signals are ensured to be globally uniformly bounded under the proposed control method.The merits of the designed control scheme are confirmed by numerical simulation on a ship model.

Prescribed performance synchronization for fractional-order chaotic systems

In this paper the synchronization for two different fractional-order chaotic systems, capable of guaranteeing synchronization error with prescribed performance, is investigated by means of the fractional-order control method. By prescribed performance synchronization we mean that the synchronization error converges to zero asymptotically, with convergence rate being no less than a certain prescribed function. A fractional-order synchronization controller and an adaptive fractional-order synchronization controller, which can guarantee the prescribed performance of the synchronization error,are proposed for fractional-order chaotic systems with and without disturbances, respectively. Finally, our simulation studies verify and clarify the proposed method.

Adaptive Quasi Fixed-Time Orbit Control Around Asteroid with Performance Guarantees

This paper investigates a novel quasi fixed-time orbit tracking control method for spacecraft around an asteroid in the presence of uncertain dynamics and unknown uncertainties.To quantitatively characterize the transient and steady-state responses of orbit tracking error system,a continuous performance function is devised via using a quartic polynomial.Then,integrating backstepping control technique and barrier Lyapunov function leads to a quasi fixed-time convergent orbit tracking controller without using any fractional state information and symbolic functions.Finally,two groups of illustrative examples are employed to test the effectiveness of the proposed orbit control method.

Adaptive Uniform Performance Control of Strict-Feedback Nonlinear Systems With Time-Varying Control Gain

In this paper,we present a novel adaptive performance control approach for strict-feedback nonparametric systems with unknown time-varying control coefficients,which mainly includes the following steps.Firstly,by introducing several key transformation functions and selecting the initial value of the time-varying scaling function,the symmetric prescribed performance with global and semi-global properties can be handled uniformly,without the need for control re-design.Secondly,to handle the problem of unknown time-varying control coefficient with an unknown sign,we propose an enhanced Nussbaum function(ENF)bearing some unique properties and characteristics,with which the complex stability analysis based on specific Nussbaum functions as commonly used is no longer required.Thirdly,by utilizing the core-function information technique,the nonparametric uncertainties in the system are gracefully handled so that no approximator is required.Furthermore,simulation results verify the effectiveness and benefits of the approach.

Event-based performance guaranteed tracking control for constrained nonlinear system via adaptive dynamic programming method

An optimal tracking control problem for a class of nonlinear systems with guaranteed performance and asymmetric input constraints is discussed in this paper.The control policy is implemented by adaptive dynamic programming(ADP)algorithm under two event-based triggering mechanisms.It is often challenging to design an optimal control law due to the system deviation caused by asymmetric input constraints.First,a prescribed performance control technique is employed to guarantee the tracking errors within predetermined boundaries.Subsequently,considering the asymmetric input constraints,a discounted non-quadratic cost function is introduced.Moreover,in order to reduce controller updates,an event-triggered control law is developed for ADP algorithm.After that,to further simplify the complexity of controller design,this work is extended to a self-triggered case for relaxing the need for continuous signal monitoring by hardware devices.By employing the Lyapunov method,the uniform ultimate boundedness of all signals is proved to be guaranteed.Finally,a simulation example on a mass–spring–damper system subject to asymmetric input constraints is provided to validate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.

Prescribed Performance Finite-Time Tracking Control for Uncertain Nonlinear Systems

This work investigates the finite-time tracking control problem for a class of uncertain strict-feedback nonlinear systems from a new perspective. First, a novel concept called finite-time performance function (FTPF) is defined. Further, a new sufficien t condition of finite-time st ability is derived and the tracking error can converge to a predefined region within a finite-time interval. The design process of the proposed technique is simpler. Finally, four simulation examples are carried out to illustrate the effectiveness of presented method.

Anti-saturation fault-tolerant adaptive torsional vibration control with fixed-time prescribed performance for rolling mill main drive system

An anti-saturation fault-tolerant adaptive torsional vibration control method with fixed-time prescribed performance for the rolling mill main drive system(RMMDS)was investigated,which is affected by control input saturation,actuator faults,sensor measurement errors,and parameter perturbations.First,we gave a continuously differentiable saturation function to approximate the control input saturation characteristic of the RMMDS,translating the saturation characteristic into the matched uncertainty and unknown time-varying gain in the system.Then,an RMMDS mathematical model with unmatched uncertainty and unknown time-varying gain was developed,taking into account the presence of control input saturation,actuator faults,sensor measurement errors,and parameter perturbations.Based on the established mathematical model,an error transformation model of the roll speed tracking was constructed by the equivalent error transformation method.According to the error transformation model,a barrier Lyapunov function and a novel adaptive controller were studied to ensure that the roll speed tracking error always evolves inside a fixed-time asymmetric constraint.Finally,numerical simulations were performed in Matlab/Simulink to verify the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed control method in suppressing the RMMDS torsional vibration.

Decentralized fault-tolerant cooperative control of multiple UAVs with prescribed attitude synchronization tracking performance under directed communication topology

In this paper, a decentralized fault-tolerant cooperative control scheme is developed for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) in the presence of actuator faults and a directed communication network. To counteract in-flight actuator faults and enhance formation flight safety, neural networks(NNs) are used to approximate unknown nonlinear terms due to the inherent nonlinearities in UAV models and the actuator loss of control effectiveness faults. To further compensate for NN approximation errors and actuator bias faults, the disturbance observer(DO) technique is incorporated into the control scheme to increase the composite approximation capability.Moreover, the prediction errors, which represent the approximation qualities of the states induced by NNs and DOs to the measured states, are integrated into the developed fault-tolerant cooperative control scheme. Furthermore,prescribed performance functions are imposed on the attitude synchronization tracking errors, to guarantee the prescribed synchronization tracking performance. One of the key features of the proposed strategy is that unknown terms due to the inherent nonlinearities in UAVs and actuator faults are compensated for by the composite approximators constructed by NNs, DOs, and prediction errors. Another key feature is that the attitude synchronization tracking errors are strictly constrained within the prescribed bounds. Finally, simulation results are provided and have demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.

Distributed Event-Triggered Formation Control of USVs with Prescribed Performance

In this paper,the formation control problem is investigated for a team of uncertain underactuated surface vessels(USVs)based on a directed graph.Considering the risk of collision and the limited communication range of USVs,the prescribed performance control(PPC)methodology is employed to ensure collision avoidance and connectivity maintenance.An event-triggered mechanism is designed to reasonably use the limited communication resources.Moreover,neural networks(NNs)and an auxiliary variable are constructed to deal with the problems of uncertain nonlinearities and underactuation,respectively.Then,an event-triggered formation control scheme is proposed to ensure that all signals of the closed-loop system are uniformly ultimately bounded(UUB).Finally,simulation results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.