This paper presents an investigation on the target-guided coordinated control(TACC)of unmanned surface vehicles(USVs).In the scenario of tracking non-cooperative targets,the status information of the target can only b...This paper presents an investigation on the target-guided coordinated control(TACC)of unmanned surface vehicles(USVs).In the scenario of tracking non-cooperative targets,the status information of the target can only be obtained by some USVs.In order to achieve semi-encirclement tracking of noncooperative targets under maritime security conditions,a fixed-time tracking control method based on dynamic surface control(DSC)is proposed in this paper.Firstly,a novel TACC architecture with decoupled kinematic control law and decoupled kinetic control law was designed to reduce the complexity of control system design.Secondly,the proposed DSC-based target-guided kinematic control law including tracking points pre-allocation strategy and sigmoid artificial potential functions(SigAPFs)can avoid collisions during tracking process and optimize kinematic control output.Finally,a fixed-time TACC system was proposed to achieve fast convergence of kinematic and kinetics errors.The effectiveness of the proposed TACC approach in improving target tracking safety and reducing control output chattering was verified by simulation comparison results.展开更多
In this paper,the problem of non-singular fixed-time control with prescribed performance is studied for multi-agent systems characterized by uncertain states,nonlinearities,and nonstrict feedback.To mitigate the nonli...In this paper,the problem of non-singular fixed-time control with prescribed performance is studied for multi-agent systems characterized by uncertain states,nonlinearities,and nonstrict feedback.To mitigate the nonlinearity,a fuzzy logic algorithm is applied to approximate the intrinsic dynamics of the system.Furthermore,a fuzzy logic system state observer based on leader state information is designed to address the partial unob-servability of followers.Subsequently,the power integral method is incorporated into the backstepping approach to avoid singularities in the fixed-time controller.A command filter method is introduced into the standard backstepping approach to reduce the computational complexity of controller design.Then,a non-singular fixed-time adaptive control strategy with prescribed performance is proposed by constraining the tracking error within a prescribed range.Rigorous theoretical analysis ensures the convergence of consensus error in the multi-agent system to the prescribed performance region within a fixed time.Finally,the practicality of the algorithm is validated through numerical simulations.展开更多
This paper investigates modified fixed-time synchronization(FxTS)of complex networks(CNs)with time-varying delays based on continuous and discontinuous controllers.First,for the sake of making the settling time(ST)of ...This paper investigates modified fixed-time synchronization(FxTS)of complex networks(CNs)with time-varying delays based on continuous and discontinuous controllers.First,for the sake of making the settling time(ST)of FxTS is independent of the initial values and parameters of the CNs,a modified fixed-time(FxT)stability theorem is proposed,where the ST is determined by an arbitrary positive number given in advance.Then,continuous controller and discontinuous controller are designed to realize the modified FxTS target of CNs.In addition,based on the designed controllers,CNs can achieve synchronization at any given time,or even earlier.And control strategies effectively solve the problem of ST related to the parameters of CNs.Finally,an appropriate simulation example is conducted to examine the effectiveness of the designed control strategies.展开更多
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 mo...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.展开更多
The finite/fixed-time stabilization and tracking control is currently a hot field in various systems since the faster convergence can be obtained. By contrast to the asymptotic stability,the finite-time stability poss...The finite/fixed-time stabilization and tracking control is currently a hot field in various systems since the faster convergence can be obtained. By contrast to the asymptotic stability,the finite-time stability possesses the better control performance and disturbance rejection property. Different from the finite-time stability, the fixed-time stability has a faster convergence speed and the upper bound of the settling time can be estimated. Moreover, the convergent time does not rely on the initial information.This work aims at presenting an overview of the finite/fixed-time stabilization and tracking control and its applications in engineering systems. Firstly, several fundamental definitions on the finite/fixed-time stability are recalled. Then, the research results on the finite/fixed-time stabilization and tracking control are reviewed in detail and categorized via diverse input signal structures and engineering applications. Finally, some challenging problems needed to be solved are presented.展开更多
This paper investigates the distributed fixed-time attitude coordinated control problem for multiple spacecraft subject to actuator saturation under the directed topology. First, a distributed fixed-time observer is p...This paper investigates the distributed fixed-time attitude coordinated control problem for multiple spacecraft subject to actuator saturation under the directed topology. First, a distributed fixed-time observer is presented for each follower spacecraft to estimate the leader spacecraft’s states. Compared with the commonly used fixed-time observer, the settling time of the proposed fixed-time observer can be easily adjusted by some free design parameters. Next, a distributed fixed-time control scheme is derived by using the estimates of the leader spacecraft’s states and the adding a power integrator technique. When considering actuator saturation, an auxiliary system is utilized to compensate the saturation. Further, a rigorous theoretical proof is provided to show that the practical fixed-time stability of the closed-loop system is ensured. Finally, simulation results illustrate the benefits and effectiveness of the developed control scheme.展开更多
This paper proposes a multivariable fixed-time leaderfollower formation control method for a group of nonholonomic mobile robots, which has the ability to estimate multiple uncertainties. Firstly, based on the state s...This paper proposes a multivariable fixed-time leaderfollower formation control method for a group of nonholonomic mobile robots, which has the ability to estimate multiple uncertainties. Firstly, based on the state space model of the leader-follower formation, a multivariable fixed-time formation kinematics controller is designed. Secondly, to overcome uncertainties existing in the nonholonomic mobile robot system, such as load change,friction, external disturbance, a multivariable fixed-time torque controller based on the fixed-time disturbance observer at the dynamic level is designed. The designed torque controller is cascaded with the formation controller and finally realizes accurate estimation of the uncertain part of the system, the follower tracking of reference velocity and the desired formation of the leader and the follower in a fixed-time. The fixed-time upper bound is completely determined by the controller parameters, which is independent of the initial state of the system. The multivariable fixed-time control theory and the Lyapunov method are adopted to ensure the system stability.Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is verified by the experimental simulation.展开更多
In this paper,the fixed-time stability of spacecraft formation reconfiguration(position tracking)is studied.Firstly,a novel nonsingular terminal sliding mode surface is designed and based on which a fixed-time coordin...In this paper,the fixed-time stability of spacecraft formation reconfiguration(position tracking)is studied.Firstly,a novel nonsingular terminal sliding mode surface is designed and based on which a fixed-time coordinated controller is designed to keep the closed-loop system states have a finite settling time bounded by some predefined constants.Secondly,another nonsingular terminal sliding mode surface is designed by combining the artificial potential function and the aforementioned sliding surface,which meets the mutual distance constraint during transition process among spacecraft when it is bounded.Then another coordinated controller with fixed-time observer considering mutual distance constraint is presented,which guarantees the closed-loop system states stable also in bounded settling time.Finally,simulation results are shown to validate the correctness of the proposed theorems.It is worth mentioning that the control schemes also work even though there is a properly limit on the control input.展开更多
The adaptive fixed-time consensus problem for a class of nonlinear multi-agent systems(MASs)with actuator faults is considered in this paper.To approximate the unknown nonlinear functions in MASs,radial basis function...The adaptive fixed-time consensus problem for a class of nonlinear multi-agent systems(MASs)with actuator faults is considered in this paper.To approximate the unknown nonlinear functions in MASs,radial basis function neural networks are used.In addition,the first order sliding mode differentiator is utilized to solve the“explosion of complexity”problem,and a filter error compensation method is proposed to ensure the convergence of filter error in fixed time.With the help of the Nussbaum function,the actuator failure compensation mechanism is constructed.By designing the adaptive fixed-time controller,all signals in MASs are bounded,and the consensus errors between the leader and all followers converge to a small area of origin.Finally,the effectiveness of the proposed control method is verified by simulation examples.展开更多
This article deals with the consensus problem of multi-agent systems by developing a fixed-time consensus control approach with a dynamic event-triggered rule. First, a new fixedtime stability condition is obtained wh...This article deals with the consensus problem of multi-agent systems by developing a fixed-time consensus control approach with a dynamic event-triggered rule. First, a new fixedtime stability condition is obtained where the less conservative settling time is given such that the theoretical settling time can well reflect the real consensus time. Second, a dynamic event-triggered rule is designed to decrease the use of chip and network resources where Zeno behaviors can be avoided after consensus is achieved, especially for finite/fixed-time consensus control approaches. Third, in terms of the developed dynamic event-triggered rule, a fixed-time consensus control approach by introducing a new item is proposed to coordinate the multi-agent system to reach consensus. The corresponding stability of the multi-agent system with the proposed control approach and dynamic eventtriggered rule is analyzed based on Lyapunov theory and the fixed-time stability theorem. At last, the effectiveness of the dynamic event-triggered fixed-time consensus control approach is verified by simulations and experiments for the problem of magnetic map construction based on multiple mobile robots.展开更多
This paper investigates the heading tracking problem of surface vehicles with unknown model parameters.Based on finite/fixed-time control theories and in the context of command filtered control,two novel adaptive cont...This paper investigates the heading tracking problem of surface vehicles with unknown model parameters.Based on finite/fixed-time control theories and in the context of command filtered control,two novel adaptive control laws are developed by which the vehicle can track the desired heading within settling time with all signals of the closed-loop system are uniformly bounded.The effectiveness and performance of the schemes are demonstrated by simulations and comparison studies.展开更多
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 th...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.展开更多
This paper investigates the fixed-time stability theorem and state-feedback controller design for stochastic nonlinear systems.We propose an improved fixed-time Lyapunov theorem with a more rigorous and reasonable pro...This paper investigates the fixed-time stability theorem and state-feedback controller design for stochastic nonlinear systems.We propose an improved fixed-time Lyapunov theorem with a more rigorous and reasonable proof procedure.In particular,an important corollary is obtained,which can give a less conservative upper-bound estimate of the settling time.Based on the backstepping technique and the addition of a power integrator method,a state-feedback controller is skillfully designed for a class of stochastic nonlinear systems.It is proved that the proposed controller can render the closed-loop system fixed-time stable in probability with the help of the proposed fixed-time stability criteria.Finally,the effectiveness of the proposed controller is demonstrated by simulation examples and comparisons.展开更多
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(...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.展开更多
This paper studies the fixed-time output-feedback control for a class of linear systems subject to matched uncertainties.To estimate the uncertainties and system states,we design a composite observer which consists of...This paper studies the fixed-time output-feedback control for a class of linear systems subject to matched uncertainties.To estimate the uncertainties and system states,we design a composite observer which consists of a high-order sliding mode observer and a Luenberger observer.Then,a robust output-feedback controller with fixed-time convergence guarantee is constructed.Rigorous theoretical proof shows that with the proposed controller,the system states can converge to zero in fixed-time free of the initial conditions.Finally,simulation comparison with existing algorithms is given.Simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed controller in terms of its fixed-time convergence and perfect disturbance rejection.展开更多
This paper presents a novel fixed-time stabilization control(FSC)method for a class of strict-feedback nonlinear systems involving unmodelled system dynamics.The key feature of the proposed method is the design of two...This paper presents a novel fixed-time stabilization control(FSC)method for a class of strict-feedback nonlinear systems involving unmodelled system dynamics.The key feature of the proposed method is the design of two dynamic parameters.Specifically,a set of auxiliary variables is first introduced through state transformation.These variables combine the original system states and the two introduced dynamic parameters,facilitating the closed-loop system stability analyses.Then,the two dynamic parameters are delicately designed by utilizing the Lyapunov method,ensuring that all the closed-loop system states are globally fixed-time stable.Compared with existing results,the“explosion of complexity”problem of backstepping control is avoided.Moreover,the two designed dynamic parameters are dependent on system states rather than a time-varying function,thus the proposed controller is still valid beyond the given fixedtime convergence instant.The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated through two practical systems.展开更多
Fixed-time control of traffic signals pursues the regulation of phases based on historical data of traffic demand, in this way, neglecting of the random arrival rates of traffic flow on different intersection streams ...Fixed-time control of traffic signals pursues the regulation of phases based on historical data of traffic demand, in this way, neglecting of the random arrival rates of traffic flow on different intersection streams causes increasing of the stops and delays and fuel consumption at the same time. Coordinated semi-actuated control due to ability to respond traffic demands on both main and secondary directions, based on road detector registration saves the coordinated features, serving the unused time to the main road, while the secondary clears early. In this paper, the authors analyzed and explained comparatively the results of LOS （level of service） parameters of the current state of control （fixed-time） with the proposed control （semi-actuated coordinated） of the artery of length 2,348 km consisted of four signalized T intersections. Highway Capacity Manual and Synchro/Sim Traffic software are used for analysis and optimization of parameters in this paper.展开更多
In this paper,we consider the fixed-time stabilization control problem of quantum systems modeled by Schrodinger equations.Firstly,the Lyapunov-based fixed-time stability criterion is extended to finitedimensional clo...In this paper,we consider the fixed-time stabilization control problem of quantum systems modeled by Schrodinger equations.Firstly,the Lyapunov-based fixed-time stability criterion is extended to finitedimensional closed quantum systems in the form of coherence vectors.Then for a two-level quantum system with single control input,a non-smooth fractional-order control law is designed using the relative state distance.By integrating the fixed-time Lyapunov control technique and the bi-limit homogeneity theory,the quantum system is proved to be stabilized to an eigenstate of the inherent Hamiltonian in a fixed time.Comparing with existing methods in quantum system control,the proposed approach can guarantee stabilization in a fixed time without depending on the initial states.展开更多
This paper presents a fixed-time cooperative gui-dance method with impact angle constraints for multiple flight vehicles (MFV) to address the challenges of intercepting large maneuvering targets with difficulty and lo...This paper presents a fixed-time cooperative gui-dance method with impact angle constraints for multiple flight vehicles (MFV) to address the challenges of intercepting large maneuvering targets with difficulty and low precision. A coopera-tive guidance model is proposed, transforming the cooperative interception problem into a consensus problem based on the remaining flight time of the flight vehicles. First, the impact angle constraint is converted into the line of sight (LOS) angle con-straint, and a new fixed-time convergent non-singular terminal sliding surface is introduced, which resolves the singularity issue of the traditional sliding surfaces. With this approach, LOS angle rate and normal overloads can converge in fixed time, ensuring that the upper bound of the system convergence time is not affected by the initial value of the system. Furthermore, the maneuvering movement of the target is considered as a system disturbance, and an extended state observer is employed to estimate and compensate for it in the guidance law. Lastly, by applying consensus theory and distributed communication topology, the remaining flight time of each flight vehicle is syn-chronized to ensure that they intercept the target simulta-neously with different impact angles. Simulation experiments are conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed cooper-ative interception and guidance method.展开更多
This paper investigates the sliding-mode-based fixed-time distributed average tracking (DAT) problem for multiple Euler-Lagrange systems in the presence of external distur-bances. The primary objective is to devise co...This paper investigates the sliding-mode-based fixed-time distributed average tracking (DAT) problem for multiple Euler-Lagrange systems in the presence of external distur-bances. The primary objective is to devise controllers for each agent, enabling them to precisely track the average of multiple time-varying reference signals. By averaging these signals, we can mitigate the influence of errors and uncertainties arising dur-ing measurements, thereby enhancing the robustness and stabi-lity of the system. A distributed fixed-time average estimator is proposed to estimate the average value of global reference sig-nals utilizing local information and communication with neigh-bors. Subsequently, a fixed-time sliding mode controller is intro-duced incorporating a state-dependent sliding mode function coupled with a variable exponent coefficient to achieve dis-tributed average tracking of reference signals, and rigorous ana-lytical methods are employed to substantiate the fixed-time sta-bility. Finally, numerical simulation results are provided to vali-date the effectiveness of the proposed methodology, offering insights into its practical application and robust performance.展开更多
文摘This paper presents an investigation on the target-guided coordinated control(TACC)of unmanned surface vehicles(USVs).In the scenario of tracking non-cooperative targets,the status information of the target can only be obtained by some USVs.In order to achieve semi-encirclement tracking of noncooperative targets under maritime security conditions,a fixed-time tracking control method based on dynamic surface control(DSC)is proposed in this paper.Firstly,a novel TACC architecture with decoupled kinematic control law and decoupled kinetic control law was designed to reduce the complexity of control system design.Secondly,the proposed DSC-based target-guided kinematic control law including tracking points pre-allocation strategy and sigmoid artificial potential functions(SigAPFs)can avoid collisions during tracking process and optimize kinematic control output.Finally,a fixed-time TACC system was proposed to achieve fast convergence of kinematic and kinetics errors.The effectiveness of the proposed TACC approach in improving target tracking safety and reducing control output chattering was verified by simulation comparison results.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62203356).
文摘In this paper,the problem of non-singular fixed-time control with prescribed performance is studied for multi-agent systems characterized by uncertain states,nonlinearities,and nonstrict feedback.To mitigate the nonlinearity,a fuzzy logic algorithm is applied to approximate the intrinsic dynamics of the system.Furthermore,a fuzzy logic system state observer based on leader state information is designed to address the partial unob-servability of followers.Subsequently,the power integral method is incorporated into the backstepping approach to avoid singularities in the fixed-time controller.A command filter method is introduced into the standard backstepping approach to reduce the computational complexity of controller design.Then,a non-singular fixed-time adaptive control strategy with prescribed performance is proposed by constraining the tracking error within a prescribed range.Rigorous theoretical analysis ensures the convergence of consensus error in the multi-agent system to the prescribed performance region within a fixed time.Finally,the practicality of the algorithm is validated through numerical simulations.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62476082)。
文摘This paper investigates modified fixed-time synchronization(FxTS)of complex networks(CNs)with time-varying delays based on continuous and discontinuous controllers.First,for the sake of making the settling time(ST)of FxTS is independent of the initial values and parameters of the CNs,a modified fixed-time(FxT)stability theorem is proposed,where the ST is determined by an arbitrary positive number given in advance.Then,continuous controller and discontinuous controller are designed to realize the modified FxTS target of CNs.In addition,based on the designed controllers,CNs can achieve synchronization at any given time,or even earlier.And control strategies effectively solve the problem of ST related to the parameters of CNs.Finally,an appropriate simulation example is conducted to examine the effectiveness of the designed control strategies.
基金co-supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61403100)the Open Fund of National Defense Key Discipline Laboratory of Micro-Spacecraft Technology of China (No. HIT.KLOF. MST.201704)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (No. HIT.NSRIF.2015.037)
文摘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.
基金partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62003097,62121004,62033003,62073019)the Local Innovative and Research Teams Project of Guangdong Special Support Program(2019BT02X353)+2 种基金the Key Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province(2021B0101410005)the Joint Funds of Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2019A1515110505)。
文摘The finite/fixed-time stabilization and tracking control is currently a hot field in various systems since the faster convergence can be obtained. By contrast to the asymptotic stability,the finite-time stability possesses the better control performance and disturbance rejection property. Different from the finite-time stability, the fixed-time stability has a faster convergence speed and the upper bound of the settling time can be estimated. Moreover, the convergent time does not rely on the initial information.This work aims at presenting an overview of the finite/fixed-time stabilization and tracking control and its applications in engineering systems. Firstly, several fundamental definitions on the finite/fixed-time stability are recalled. Then, the research results on the finite/fixed-time stabilization and tracking control are reviewed in detail and categorized via diverse input signal structures and engineering applications. Finally, some challenging problems needed to be solved are presented.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61720106010,62003041)Science and Technology on Space Intelligent Control Laboratory,China(No.KGJZDSYS-2018-05)General Project of Ningxia Natural Science Fund,China(No.2020AAC03234)。
文摘This paper investigates the distributed fixed-time attitude coordinated control problem for multiple spacecraft subject to actuator saturation under the directed topology. First, a distributed fixed-time observer is presented for each follower spacecraft to estimate the leader spacecraft’s states. Compared with the commonly used fixed-time observer, the settling time of the proposed fixed-time observer can be easily adjusted by some free design parameters. Next, a distributed fixed-time control scheme is derived by using the estimates of the leader spacecraft’s states and the adding a power integrator technique. When considering actuator saturation, an auxiliary system is utilized to compensate the saturation. Further, a rigorous theoretical proof is provided to show that the practical fixed-time stability of the closed-loop system is ensured. Finally, simulation results illustrate the benefits and effectiveness of the developed control scheme.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61872204)the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province of China(F2015025)。
文摘This paper proposes a multivariable fixed-time leaderfollower formation control method for a group of nonholonomic mobile robots, which has the ability to estimate multiple uncertainties. Firstly, based on the state space model of the leader-follower formation, a multivariable fixed-time formation kinematics controller is designed. Secondly, to overcome uncertainties existing in the nonholonomic mobile robot system, such as load change,friction, external disturbance, a multivariable fixed-time torque controller based on the fixed-time disturbance observer at the dynamic level is designed. The designed torque controller is cascaded with the formation controller and finally realizes accurate estimation of the uncertain part of the system, the follower tracking of reference velocity and the desired formation of the leader and the follower in a fixed-time. The fixed-time upper bound is completely determined by the controller parameters, which is independent of the initial state of the system. The multivariable fixed-time control theory and the Lyapunov method are adopted to ensure the system stability.Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is verified by the experimental simulation.
基金supported by the Major Program of Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61690210)the Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars of Heilongjiang Province,China(No.YQ2020F007)National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.6191101340)。
文摘In this paper,the fixed-time stability of spacecraft formation reconfiguration(position tracking)is studied.Firstly,a novel nonsingular terminal sliding mode surface is designed and based on which a fixed-time coordinated controller is designed to keep the closed-loop system states have a finite settling time bounded by some predefined constants.Secondly,another nonsingular terminal sliding mode surface is designed by combining the artificial potential function and the aforementioned sliding surface,which meets the mutual distance constraint during transition process among spacecraft when it is bounded.Then another coordinated controller with fixed-time observer considering mutual distance constraint is presented,which guarantees the closed-loop system states stable also in bounded settling time.Finally,simulation results are shown to validate the correctness of the proposed theorems.It is worth mentioning that the control schemes also work even though there is a properly limit on the control input.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62003093,62203119,62033003,62121004)the China National Postdoctoral Program(BX20220095,2022M710826)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2022A1515011506)the Guangzhou Science and Technology Planning Project(202102020586)。
文摘The adaptive fixed-time consensus problem for a class of nonlinear multi-agent systems(MASs)with actuator faults is considered in this paper.To approximate the unknown nonlinear functions in MASs,radial basis function neural networks are used.In addition,the first order sliding mode differentiator is utilized to solve the“explosion of complexity”problem,and a filter error compensation method is proposed to ensure the convergence of filter error in fixed time.With the help of the Nussbaum function,the actuator failure compensation mechanism is constructed.By designing the adaptive fixed-time controller,all signals in MASs are bounded,and the consensus errors between the leader and all followers converge to a small area of origin.Finally,the effectiveness of the proposed control method is verified by simulation examples.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (62073108)the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation(LZ23F030004)+1 种基金the Key Research and Development Project of Zhejiang Province (2019C04018)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Provincial Universities of Zhejiang (GK229909299001-004)。
文摘This article deals with the consensus problem of multi-agent systems by developing a fixed-time consensus control approach with a dynamic event-triggered rule. First, a new fixedtime stability condition is obtained where the less conservative settling time is given such that the theoretical settling time can well reflect the real consensus time. Second, a dynamic event-triggered rule is designed to decrease the use of chip and network resources where Zeno behaviors can be avoided after consensus is achieved, especially for finite/fixed-time consensus control approaches. Third, in terms of the developed dynamic event-triggered rule, a fixed-time consensus control approach by introducing a new item is proposed to coordinate the multi-agent system to reach consensus. The corresponding stability of the multi-agent system with the proposed control approach and dynamic eventtriggered rule is analyzed based on Lyapunov theory and the fixed-time stability theorem. At last, the effectiveness of the dynamic event-triggered fixed-time consensus control approach is verified by simulations and experiments for the problem of magnetic map construction based on multiple mobile robots.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U1808205)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(N2023011)+1 种基金the Youth Foundation of Hebei Educational Committee(QN2020522)the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province(F2020501018)。
文摘This paper investigates the heading tracking problem of surface vehicles with unknown model parameters.Based on finite/fixed-time control theories and in the context of command filtered control,two novel adaptive control laws are developed by which the vehicle can track the desired heading within settling time with all signals of the closed-loop system are uniformly bounded.The effectiveness and performance of the schemes are demonstrated by simulations and comparison studies.
基金partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (62322315,61873237)Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars(LR22F030003)+2 种基金the National Key Rearch and Development Funding(2018YFB1403702)the Key Rearch and Development Programs of Zhejiang Province (2023C01224)Major Project of Science and Technology Innovation in Ningbo City (2019B1003)。
文摘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.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62073166,61673215)the Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Province。
文摘This paper investigates the fixed-time stability theorem and state-feedback controller design for stochastic nonlinear systems.We propose an improved fixed-time Lyapunov theorem with a more rigorous and reasonable proof procedure.In particular,an important corollary is obtained,which can give a less conservative upper-bound estimate of the settling time.Based on the backstepping technique and the addition of a power integrator method,a state-feedback controller is skillfully designed for a class of stochastic nonlinear systems.It is proved that the proposed controller can render the closed-loop system fixed-time stable in probability with the help of the proposed fixed-time stability criteria.Finally,the effectiveness of the proposed controller is demonstrated by simulation examples and comparisons.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61703134, 61703135, 61773151, 61503118 and 61871173)Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (Nos. F2015202150, F2016202327 and F2018202279)+3 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin (No. 17JCQNJC04400)the Foundation of Hebei Educational Committee (Nos. QN2015068 and ZD2016071)the Colleges and Universities in Hebei Province Science and Technology Research Youth Fund (No. ZC2016020)the Graduate Innovation Funding Project of Hebei Province (No. CXZZBS2017038)
文摘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.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62003131,62073121,62173125)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20200520).
文摘This paper studies the fixed-time output-feedback control for a class of linear systems subject to matched uncertainties.To estimate the uncertainties and system states,we design a composite observer which consists of a high-order sliding mode observer and a Luenberger observer.Then,a robust output-feedback controller with fixed-time convergence guarantee is constructed.Rigorous theoretical proof shows that with the proposed controller,the system states can converge to zero in fixed-time free of the initial conditions.Finally,simulation comparison with existing algorithms is given.Simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed controller in terms of its fixed-time convergence and perfect disturbance rejection.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61821004,U1964207,20221017-10)。
文摘This paper presents a novel fixed-time stabilization control(FSC)method for a class of strict-feedback nonlinear systems involving unmodelled system dynamics.The key feature of the proposed method is the design of two dynamic parameters.Specifically,a set of auxiliary variables is first introduced through state transformation.These variables combine the original system states and the two introduced dynamic parameters,facilitating the closed-loop system stability analyses.Then,the two dynamic parameters are delicately designed by utilizing the Lyapunov method,ensuring that all the closed-loop system states are globally fixed-time stable.Compared with existing results,the“explosion of complexity”problem of backstepping control is avoided.Moreover,the two designed dynamic parameters are dependent on system states rather than a time-varying function,thus the proposed controller is still valid beyond the given fixedtime convergence instant.The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated through two practical systems.
文摘Fixed-time control of traffic signals pursues the regulation of phases based on historical data of traffic demand, in this way, neglecting of the random arrival rates of traffic flow on different intersection streams causes increasing of the stops and delays and fuel consumption at the same time. Coordinated semi-actuated control due to ability to respond traffic demands on both main and secondary directions, based on road detector registration saves the coordinated features, serving the unused time to the main road, while the secondary clears early. In this paper, the authors analyzed and explained comparatively the results of LOS （level of service） parameters of the current state of control （fixed-time） with the proposed control （semi-actuated coordinated） of the artery of length 2,348 km consisted of four signalized T intersections. Highway Capacity Manual and Synchro/Sim Traffic software are used for analysis and optimization of parameters in this paper.
基金This work is supported in part by the Ministry of Education(MOE),Singapore under Grant MOE2020-T1-1-067also partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants 62103352 and 61903319.
文摘In this paper,we consider the fixed-time stabilization control problem of quantum systems modeled by Schrodinger equations.Firstly,the Lyapunov-based fixed-time stability criterion is extended to finitedimensional closed quantum systems in the form of coherence vectors.Then for a two-level quantum system with single control input,a non-smooth fractional-order control law is designed using the relative state distance.By integrating the fixed-time Lyapunov control technique and the bi-limit homogeneity theory,the quantum system is proved to be stabilized to an eigenstate of the inherent Hamiltonian in a fixed time.Comparing with existing methods in quantum system control,the proposed approach can guarantee stabilization in a fixed time without depending on the initial states.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61903099)the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province(LH2020F025)+2 种基金the Project of Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Education Commission of China(KJZD-K20200470)the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China(2021M690812)the Postdoctoral Science Fund of Heilongjiang Province(LBH-Z21048).
文摘This paper presents a fixed-time cooperative gui-dance method with impact angle constraints for multiple flight vehicles (MFV) to address the challenges of intercepting large maneuvering targets with difficulty and low precision. A coopera-tive guidance model is proposed, transforming the cooperative interception problem into a consensus problem based on the remaining flight time of the flight vehicles. First, the impact angle constraint is converted into the line of sight (LOS) angle con-straint, and a new fixed-time convergent non-singular terminal sliding surface is introduced, which resolves the singularity issue of the traditional sliding surfaces. With this approach, LOS angle rate and normal overloads can converge in fixed time, ensuring that the upper bound of the system convergence time is not affected by the initial value of the system. Furthermore, the maneuvering movement of the target is considered as a system disturbance, and an extended state observer is employed to estimate and compensate for it in the guidance law. Lastly, by applying consensus theory and distributed communication topology, the remaining flight time of each flight vehicle is syn-chronized to ensure that they intercept the target simulta-neously with different impact angles. Simulation experiments are conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed cooper-ative interception and guidance method.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61673130).
文摘This paper investigates the sliding-mode-based fixed-time distributed average tracking (DAT) problem for multiple Euler-Lagrange systems in the presence of external distur-bances. The primary objective is to devise controllers for each agent, enabling them to precisely track the average of multiple time-varying reference signals. By averaging these signals, we can mitigate the influence of errors and uncertainties arising dur-ing measurements, thereby enhancing the robustness and stabi-lity of the system. A distributed fixed-time average estimator is proposed to estimate the average value of global reference sig-nals utilizing local information and communication with neigh-bors. Subsequently, a fixed-time sliding mode controller is intro-duced incorporating a state-dependent sliding mode function coupled with a variable exponent coefficient to achieve dis-tributed average tracking of reference signals, and rigorous ana-lytical methods are employed to substantiate the fixed-time sta-bility. Finally, numerical simulation results are provided to vali-date the effectiveness of the proposed methodology, offering insights into its practical application and robust performance.
