Discrete-time extended state observer-based model-free adaptive constrained sliding mode control with modified prescribed performance via CFDL and PFDL

To tackle the trajectory tracking problem and achieve high control accuracy in many actual nonlinear systems with unknown dynamics and input saturation, a novel discrete-time extended state observer-based model-free adaptive constrained sliding mode control with modified prescribed performance is investigated via compact-form dynamic linearization (CFDL) and partial-form dynamic linearization (PFDL). Firstly, the original non-affine system is turned into an affine one comprising an unknown nonlinear term and a linearly parametric term affine to the input via both PFDL and CFDL. Then, a discrete-time extended state observer (DESO) is used to estimate the lumped disturbance containing the unknown nonlinear time-varying term and the term relevant to the estimation error of pseudo partial derivative (PPD) parameter. Furthermore, a modified prescribed performance function is introduced in the model-free adaptive sliding mode control scheme to keep the output tracking error in the prescribed bound without causing any asymmetric offset error in the steady-state. Meanwhile, to suppress the influence of input saturation on the control system, an anti-windup compensator is used. Finally, rigorous theoretical analyses show the robust convergence of the tracking error via the proposed CFDL and PFDL-based methods under external disturbances. Simulations verify the superiority of the modified prescribed performance function, DESO, and anti-windup compensator in the proposed method. Also, the effects of the PFDL-based method and the CFDL-based one are compared during the simulation.