A Novel Disturbance Observer Based Fixed-Time Sliding Mode Control for Robotic Manipulators With Global Fast Convergence

This paper proposes a new global fixed-time sliding mode control strategy for the trajectory tracking control of uncertain robotic manipulators.First,a fixed-time disturbance observer(FTDO) is designed to deal with the adverse effects of model uncertainties and external disturbances in the manipulator systems.Then an adaptive scheme is used and the adaptive FTDO(AFTDO) is developed,so that the priori knowledge of the lumped disturbance is not required.Further,a new non-singular fast terminal sliding mode(NFTSM) surface is designed by using an arctan function,which helps to overcome the singularity problem and enhance the robustness of the system.Based on the estimation of the lumped disturbance by the AFTDO,a fixed-time non-singular fast terminal sliding mode controller(FTNFTSMC)is developed to guarantee the trajectory tracking errors converge to zero within a fixed time.The settling time is independent of the initial state of the system.In addition,the stability of the AFTDO and FTNFTSMC is strictly proved by using Lyapunov method.Finally,the fixed-time NFESM(FTNFTSM) algorithm is validated on a 2-link manipulator and comparisons with other existing sliding mode controllers(SMCs) are performed.The comparative results confirm that the FTNFTSMC has superior control performance.

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.

Observer-based robust high-order fully actuated attitude autopilot design for spinning glide-guided projectiles

This paper investigates the design of an attitude autopilot for a dual-channel controlled spinning glideguided projectile(SGGP),addressing model uncertainties and external disturbances.Based on fixed-time stable theory,a disturbance observer with integral sliding mode and adaptive techniques is proposed to mitigate total disturbance effects,irrespective of initial conditions.By introducing an error integral signal,the dynamics of the SGGP are transformed into two separate second-order fully actuated systems.Subsequently,employing the high-order fully actuated approach and a parametric approach,the nonlinear dynamics of the SGGP are recast into a constant linear closed-loop system,ensuring that the projectile's attitude asymptotically tracks the given goal with the desired eigenstructure.Under the proposed composite control framework,the ultimately uniformly bounded stability of the closed-loop system is rigorously demonstrated via the Lyapunov method.Validation of the effectiveness of the proposed attitude autopilot design is provided through extensive numerical simulations.

Robust fixed-time flight controller for a dual-system convertible UAV in the cruise mode

This paper investigates the attitude tracking control problem for the cruise mode of a dual-system convertible unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)in the presence of parameter uncertainties,unmodeled uncertainties and wind disturbances.First,a fixed-time disturbance observer(FXDO)based on the bi-limit homogeneity theory is designed to estimate the lumped disturbance of the convertible UAV model.Then,a fixed-time integral sliding mode control(FXISMC)is combined with the FXDO to achieve strong robustness and chattering reduction.Bi-limit homogeneity theory and Lyapunov theory are applied to provide detailed proof of the fixed-time stability.Finally,numerical simulation experimental results verify the robustness of the proposed algorithm to model parameter uncertainties and wind disturbances.In addition,the proposed algorithm is deployed in a open-source UAV autopilot and its effectiveness is further demonstrated by hardware-in-the-loop experimental results.

A finite-time 3D guidance law based on fixed-time convergence disturbance observer

In order to achieve accurate interception of high-speed maneuvering targets,this paper presents a relative Line-of-Sight(LOS)velocity based finite-time three-dimensional guidance law design framework,and discusses the application of fixed-time convergence disturbance observer in this framework.Firstly,a simple Lyapunov function is provided to show that the coupled terms in the relative kinematics can be ignored in the proposed guidance law design framework.Secondly,the realizations of several classical guidance laws are analyzed with the proposed framework,including TPN guidance law,finite-time Input-to-State Stability(ISS)guidance law,and sliding mode guidance law.Thirdly,fixed-time convergence disturbance observers are introduced to design the composite finite-time 3D guidance law,and Lyapunov method is employed to show the stability of the guidance system.Numerical simulations with different scenarios show that the proposed generalized guidance law performs high interception accuracy.

Integrated Observer-based Fixed-time Control with Backstepping Method for Exoskeleton Robot

To achieve the fast convergence and tracking precision of a robotic upper-limb exoskeleton,this paper proposes an observer-based integrated fixed-time control scheme with a backstepping method.Firstly,a typical 5 DoF(degrees of freedom)dynamics is constructed by Lagrange equations and processed for control purposes.Secondly,second-order sliding mode controllers(SOSMC)are developed and novel sliding mode surfaces are introduced to ensure the fixed-time convergence of the human-robot system.Both the reaching time and settling time are proved to be bounded with certain values independent of initial system conditions.For the purpose of rejecting the matched and unmatched disturbances,nonlinear fixed-time observers are employed to estimate the exact value of disturbances and compensate the controllers online.Ultimately,the synthesis of controllers and disturbance observers is adopted to achieve the excellent tracking performance and simulations are given to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy.

固定时间收敛扰动观测终端滑模制导律设计

针对机动目标拦截问题,设计了基于固定时间收敛扰动观测器(fixed-time disturbance observer,FxTDO)的终端角度约束非奇异快速终端滑模制导律(nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode guidance law,NFTSMGL)。通过具有固体时间收敛特性的扰动观测器对导弹拦截过程的外部扰动进行快速、精确估计。同时为了抑制抖振影响以及保证制导信号在有限的时间范围内收敛,设计了NFTSMGL,并进行了稳定性分析。仿真结果表明,FxTDO-NFTSMGL可以使制导信号在有限的时间范围内收敛至期望状态,并满足对机动目标拦截的要求,相较于无观测器的NFTSMGL收敛速度更快,且避免了抖振现象。

Fixed-time adaptive model reference sliding mode control for an air-to-ground missile

This paper addresses the fixed-time adaptive model reference sliding mode control for an air-to-ground missile associated with large speed ranges, mismatched disturbances and un-modeled dynamics. Firstly, a sliding mode surface is developed by the tracking error of the state equation and the model reference state equation with respect to the air-to-ground missile. More specifically,a novel fixed-time adaptive reaching law is presented. Subsequently, the mismatched disturbances and the un-modeled dynamics are treated as the model errors of the state equation. These model errors are estimated by means of a fixed-time disturbance observer, and they are also utilized to compensate the proposed controller. Therefore, the fixed-time controller is obtained by an adaptive reaching law and a fixed-time disturbance observer. Closed-loop stability of the proposed controller is established. Finally, simulation results including Monte Carlo simulations, nonlinear six-DegreeOf-Freedom(6-DOF) simulations and different ranges are presented to demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed control scheme.

Fixed-Time Controller Design for a Quadrotor UAV with Asymmetric Output Error Constraints

In this article,a fixed-time tracking control strategy is proposed for a quadrotor UAV(QUAV)with external disturbance and asymmetric output error constraints.Firstly,a dynamic model of the QUAV is transformed into a strict feedback system with external disturbance,and it is decoupled into attitude subsystem and position subsystem for simplifying controller design.Secondly,an asymmetric tangent barrier Lyapunov function(ATBLF)is applied to solve the tracking error constraints problem,and a fixed-time control law is designed.Meanwhile,a fixed-time disturbance observer(FTDO)is designed to cope with external disturbance.Then,it is proved that the designed controller guarantees the tracking error remains within the constraint ranges and converges to zero in fixed-time by Lyapunov stability theory.Finally,the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme is verified by numerical simulations.