This study introduces a design of robust finite-time controllers that aims to solve the
trajectory tracking of robot manipulators with full-state constraints. The control design is …

This paper proposes a novel adaptive super-twisting fractional-order nonsingular terminal
sliding mode (AST–FONTSM) control scheme using time delay estimation (TDE) for the …

This article deals with the design and real-time implementation of three second order sliding
mode controllers for the altitude tracking of a quadrotor aircraft. A comparative study based …

To guarantee high-precision trajectory tracking control of cable-driven manipulators under
complicated unknown uncertainties, we propose a novel adaptive super-twisting …

Given that the internal states of a system, such as position, velocity, acceleration, and other
important factors, naturally obey the integral processes of a physical system in kinematics …

Motion restrictions in robotic devices may introduce complex requirements for any closed-
loop control design, mainly when the robot joints must track reference trajectories that force …

This article addresses the problem of altitude tracking for unmanned aircraft system when
the altitude velocity is unknown, because in a practical implementation, the available …

In this paper, a four-point one-step-ahead finite-difference formula is presented, which
obtains higher computational precision in approximating the first-order derivative. Then, the …

For the high-accuracy tracking control purpose of cable-driven manipulators under complex
lumped uncertainties, a novel continuous nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode (CNFTSM) …

With the increasing demand for interactive aerial operations, the application of aerial
manipulators is becoming more promising. However, there are a few critical problems on …