Time-Synchronized Fault-Tolerant Control for Robotic Manipulators

Duansong Wang (), Gang Zhang, Rui Chen, Jinzhong Zhang and Tan Zhang ()
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Duansong Wang: College of Electrical and Photo Electronic Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu’an 237012, China
Gang Zhang: College of Electrical and Photo Electronic Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu’an 237012, China
Rui Chen: College of Electrical and Photo Electronic Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu’an 237012, China
Jinzhong Zhang: College of Electrical and Photo Electronic Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu’an 237012, China
Tan Zhang: College of Electrical and Photo Electronic Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu’an 237012, China

Mathematics, 2025, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-16

Abstract: This article proposes a time-synchronized fault-tolerant convergence control method for n-degree-of-freedom robotic manipulators. The main challenge lies in driving the tracking errors of all joints to converge simultaneously, especially in the presence of system faults, external disturbances, and model uncertainties. We introduce a normalized sign function that guarantees the property of ratio persistence for all joints and plays a crucial role in time-synchronized convergence control. A time-synchronized convergence observer is proposed that not only adopts a time-synchronized convergence control framework but also overcomes the lumped uncertainty term, which includes the system fault components, external disturbances, and system uncertainties. A salient feature of this method is that, regardless of the initial state and various uncertainties, each component of the robot manipulator system can simultaneously converge to an equilibrium point. Simulations conducted on a two-link robotic manipulator demonstrate the notable benefits of the designed time-synchronized control method, as evidenced by the comparative results.

Keywords: time-synchronized control; fixed-time control; fault-tolerant; robotic manipulator (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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