Multi-Aircraft Prescribed Time Formation Control
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https://doi.org/10.70088/zgzrhb94Keywords:
Prescribed-Time Stability, Nonlinear Systems, Robot Control, Sliding Mode Control, Switched ControlAbstract
A prescribed time control strategy is proposed to meet the prescribed time convergence performance requirement of cooperative errors in multi-aircraft formation. The mathematical models of the dynamics and kinematics of multi-aircraft, and the formation error control model are developed. A sliding mode control approach with the prescribed time convergence is designed to enhance the convergence of cooperative formation errors of multiple aircraft under uncertainties, in order to satisfy high-performance demands of cooperative control of multiple aircraft. Moreover, strict evidence of multi-aircraft prescribed time formation is given on the basis of Lyapunov stability theory.References
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