Fixed-time output tracking control for extended nonholonomic chained-form systems with state observers

This paper deals with the fixed-time tracking control problem of extended nonholonomic chained-form systems with state observers. According to the structure characteristic of such chained-form systems, two subsystems are considered to design controllers, respectively. First of all, using the fixed-t...

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Main Authors: Hua Chen, Huilin Li, YiWen Yang, Lulu Chu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-03-01
Series:Measurement + Control
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/0020294019877519
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Summary:This paper deals with the fixed-time tracking control problem of extended nonholonomic chained-form systems with state observers. According to the structure characteristic of such chained-form systems, two subsystems are considered to design controllers, respectively. First of all, using the fixed-time control theory, a controller is proposed to make the first tracking error subsystem converge to zero in bounded time independent initial state. Second, a state observer is proposed to estimate the unmeasurable states of the second subsystem. And the precise state estimation can be presented from the observer within finite time; moreover, the upper bound of time is a constant independent on the initial estimation error. Third, a fixed-time controller is designed to drive all states of the second chained-form subsystem to zero within pre-calculated time. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme is validated by simulation results.
ISSN:0020-2940