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Area of Science:

Control Systems Engineering
Nonlinear System Dynamics
Robotics and Automation

Background:

Sliding mode controllers (SMC) are effective for nonlinear systems but struggle with input delays and uncertainties.
Existing second-order sliding mode (SOSM) controllers face challenges in handling unknown input delays and function-bounded uncertainties.
Discontinuous nature of SMC complicates the integration of delay compensation mechanisms.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an estimator-based second-order sliding mode (SOSM) controller for uncertain nonlinear systems with unknown input delay.
To address the limitations of existing SOSM methods in dealing with unknown input delays and function-bounded uncertainties.
To ensure finite-time stability for the closed-loop control system.

Main Methods:

Established SOSM dynamics incorporating input delay and uncertainties.
Introduced an auxiliary compensation system and an enhanced convex optimization-based input delay estimator.
Designed a novel estimator-based SOSM controller using a power integrator technique and validated stability via Lyapunov analysis.

Main Results:

Successfully designed an input delay estimator compatible with discontinuous controllers.
Developed a novel SOSM controller that effectively compensates for unknown input delays.
Demonstrated finite-time stability of the closed-loop system through rigorous Lyapunov analysis.
Comparative simulations confirmed the superior performance of the proposed SOSM controller.

Conclusions:

The proposed estimator-based SOSM controller effectively handles uncertain nonlinear systems with unknown input delays.
The novel approach provides robust control and guarantees finite-time stability.
The method offers a significant advancement over existing SOSM control strategies for complex systems.