A nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode control with an exponential reaching law for robot manipulators

摘要

This paper presents an improved robust tracking control for uncertain robot manipulators. An approximate fast terminal sliding mode control is proposed by integrating a nonsingular fast terminal sliding surface with an exponential reaching law. Lyapunov stability theory is employed to prove the global approximate finite-time stability ensuring that the tracking errors converge to an arbitrary small ball centered at zero within a finite time and thereafter arrive at zero asymptotically. The benefits of this integrated design are that it can ensure faster transient and higher steady-state tracking precision with lower chattering. Simulations and experiments are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness and improved performances of the proposed approach.