Fixed-time fault-tolerant control of manipulator systems based on sliding mode observer

A fixed-time fault-tolerant control scheme based on sliding mode observer is proposed, which makes the system more stable and stronger anti-jamming ability. In our design, its distinct characteristic is to combine the passive fault-tolerant control and non-singular fast terminal sliding mode (NFTSM). And it ensures that the system states can converge to a very small neighborhood near the equilibrium point in a fixed time no matter in normal condition or fault condition. In addition, a novel sliding-mode observer and a fast variable power reaching law are added to make the system converge faster and chattering smaller. Finally, the computer simulation results of a two-joint manipulator demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed strategy.