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Area of Science:

Control Systems Engineering
Nonlinear Dynamics
Robotics

Background:

Nonlinear systems often face challenges with output constraints and input nonlinearities.
Achieving finite-time convergence in tracking control is crucial for many applications.
Existing methods may struggle with computational complexity or constraint handling.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a finite-time tracking control strategy for nonlinear systems.
To address asymmetric time-varying output constraints and input nonlinearities.
To ensure finite-time convergence of tracking errors and boundedness of system signals.

Main Methods:

A novel finite-time command filtered backstepping approach is proposed.
Combines command filtered backstepping, finite-time theory, and barrier Lyapunov functions.
Applied to robot manipulator systems to demonstrate effectiveness.

Main Results:

The proposed method reduces computational complexity compared to conventional backstepping.
It compensates for filtered errors introduced by dynamic surface control.
Ensures output variables remain within specified compact bounding sets.

Conclusions:

The developed control strategy guarantees practical boundedness of all closed-loop signals.
Effectiveness and practicability are validated through a simulation example.
Offers a robust solution for finite-time tracking control under constraints.