Attitude stabilization of rigid spacecraft with finite‐time convergence

Z Zhu, Y Xia, M Fu - … Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The problem of attitude control for a spacecraft model which is nonlinear in dynamics with
inertia uncertainty and external disturbance is investigated in this paper. Two sliding mode …

Nonsingular fast terminal sliding‐mode control for nonlinear dynamical systems

L Yang, J Yang - International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This paper investigates fast finite‐time control of nonlinear dynamics using terminal sliding‐
mode (TSM) scheme. Some new norms of fast TSM strategies are proposed, and a faster …

Finite-time stability and instability of stochastic nonlinear systems

J Yin, S Khoo, Z Man, X Yu - Automatica, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper presents a new definition of finite-time stability for stochastic nonlinear systems.
This definition involves stability in probability and finite-time attractiveness in probability. An …

Finite-time attitude tracking control for spacecraft using terminal sliding mode and Chebyshev neural network

AM Zou, KD Kumar, ZG Hou… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A finite-time attitude tracking control scheme is proposed for spacecraft using terminal
sliding mode and Chebyshev neural network (NN)(CNN). The four-parameter …

Adaptive fuzzy terminal sliding mode control for a class of MIMO uncertain nonlinear systems

V Nekoukar, A Erfanian - Fuzzy sets and systems, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper presents a new adaptive terminal sliding mode tracking control design for a class
of nonlinear systems using fuzzy logic system. The terminal sliding mode control (TSM) was …

Back-stepping sliding mode control for missile systems based on an extended state observer

Y Xia, Z Zhu, M Fu - IET control theory & applications, 2011 - IET
A novel approach combining the sliding mode control and extended state observer (ESO) is
proposed for attitude control of a missile model which is non-linear in aerodynamics …

Adaptive terminal sliding mode control for rigid robotic manipulators

MBR Neila, D Tarak - International Journal of Automation and Computing, 2011 - Springer
In order to apply the terminal sliding mode control to robot manipulators, prior knowledge of
the exact upper bound of parameter uncertainties, and external disturbances is necessary …

Attitude coordination control for a group of spacecraft without velocity measurements

AM Zou, KD Kumar, ZG Hou - IEEE Transactions on Control …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the problem of velocity-free attitude coordination control for a group
of spacecraft with attitude represented by modified Rodrigues parameters. The …

Decentralized fault-tolerant control for satellite attitude synchronization

J Li, KD Kumar - IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a decentralized adaptive fuzzy approximation design to achieve attitude
tracking control for formation flying in the presence of external disturbances and actuator …

Global finite-time inverse tracking control of robot manipulators

Y Su, C Zheng - Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the global finite-time tracking of robot manipulators. By replacing with
the nonlinear exponential-like errors, the commonly used inverse dynamics control for robot …