Finite-Time/Fixed-Time Control for Mechanical Systems
A special issue of Actuators (ISSN 2076-0825). This special issue belongs to the section "Precision Actuators".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2022) | Viewed by 8927
Special Issue Editor
Interests: robotics; robust control; finite-time observer and control; in-process quality control
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development of finite-time/fixed-time control for mechanical systems to handle the effects of uncertainties, disturbances, and faults has been one of the important research topics in the control field. The successful implementation of finite-time/fixed-time control can offer many prominent characteristics for mechanical systems, including faster convergence, higher robustness, and better disturbance rejection capability. The theories of finite-time and fixed-time control have been applied widely in many fields, for example, in the trajectory tracking control of robots, the collaborative control of multiple agents, the attitude control of spacecraft, the fault-tolerant control of autonomous vehicles, and so on. However, the design of finite-time/fixed-time control faces many challenging issues, such as the stability and convergence of the systems. Hence, it is important to investigate the issues related to finite-time/fixed-time control.
The focus of this Special Issue is on new approaches to the design and analysis of finite-time and fixed-time controls as well as their potential practical applications for mechanical systems. The topics to be covered include, but are not limited to:
- Theory of finite-time/fixed-time control;
- Theory of finite-time/fixed-time observer;
- Stability analysis of finite-time/fixed-time observer and control;
- Finite-time observer design and output feedback;
- Applications of finite-time/fixed-time control.
Dr. Van Mien
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mechanical systems
- finite-time convergence
- finite-time observer/control
- fixed-time control
- fixed-time observer
- finite-time/fixed-time output feedback control
- finite-time/fixed-time control for mechanical systems
