In this paper, finite-time boundedness and stabilization problems for a class of switched linear systems with time-varying exogenous disturbances are studied. Firstly, the concepts of finite-time stability and finite-time boundedness are extended to switched linear systems. Then, based on matrix inequalities, some sufficient conditions under which the switched linear systems are finite-time bounded and uniformly finite-time bounded are given. Moreover, to solve the finite-time stabilization problem,...

In this paper, the problem of finite time consensus is discussed for multiple non-holonomic mobile agents. The objective is to design a distributed finite time control law such that the controlled multiple non-holonomic mobile agents can reach consensus within any given finite settling time. We propose a novel switching control strategy with the help of time-rescalling technique and graph theory. The numerical simulations are presented to show the effectiveness of the method.

The problem of finite-time cooperative tracking control for a class of second-order nonlinear multi-agent systems is studied in this paper. The agent dynamic is described by a second-order nonlinear system with uncertain time-varying control coefficients and unknown nonlinear perturbations. Based on the finite-time control technique and graph theory, a class of distributed finite-time control laws are proposed which are only based on the neighbors' information. Under the proposed controller, it...

This paper investigates finite-time tracking control problem of multiple nonholonomic mobile robots in dynamic model with external disturbances, where a kind of finite-time disturbance observer (FTDO) is introduced to estimate the external disturbances for each mobile robot. First of all, the resulting tracking error dynamic is transformed into two subsystems, i. e., a third-order subsystem and a second-order subsystem for each mobile robot. Then, the two subsystem are discussed respectively, continuous...

In this paper, we investigate the problem of global output-feedback regulation for a class of switched nonlinear systems with unknown linear growth condition and uncertain output function. Based on the backstepping method, an adaptive output-feedback controller is designed to guarantee that the state of the switched nonlinear system can be globally regulated to the origin while maintaining global boundedness of the resulting closed-loop switched system under arbitrary switchings. A numerical example...

This paper investigates the fixed-time trajectory tracking control problem for a nonholonomic mobile robot. Firstly, the tracking error system is derived for the mobile robot by the aid of a global invertible transformation. Then, based on the unified error dynamics and by using the fixed-time control method, continuous fixed-time tracking controllers are developed for the mobile robot such that the robot can track the desired trajectory in a fixed time. Moreover, the settling time is independent...