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Predefined-time disturbance observer-based fuzzy tracking control for uncertain space robot with global prescribed

Yanzhe Yang1, Zhiping Chen1, Haiping Ai1

  • 1School of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330013, China.

ISA Transactions
|September 1, 2026
PubMed

Keywords:
Global prescribed performancePredefined-time controlPredefined-time nonlinear disturbance observerSingle-parameter fuzzy logicSpace robot

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