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In this paper, a decentralised control strategy based on sliding mode techniques is proposed for a class of nonlinear interconnected systems. Both matched uncertainties in the isolated subsystems and mismatched uncertainties associated with the interconnections are considered. Under mild conditions, sliding mode controllers for each subsystem are designed in a decentralised manner by only employing local information. Conditions are determined which enable information on the interconnections to be employed within the decentralised controller design to reduce conservatism. The developed results are applied to an automated highway system. Simulation results pertaining to a high-speed following system are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach.

This paper presents a trajectory tracking control scheme for a two-wheeled mobile robot using sliding mode techniques. The stability of the designed sliding mode dynamics is analysed and reachability of the sliding mode is guaranteed in a given region with the proposed controller. A robot system including a micro-controller, the Arduino Due based on the ARM Cortex-M3, is used to implement the proposed control algorithm. Two DC motors controlled by PWM signals are used as actuators to implement the proposed feedback control. Simulation results are presented and compared with the results of practical experiments.

Abstract-In this paper, a decentralised control strategy based on sliding mode techniques is proposed for a class of nonlinear interconnected systems in regular form. All the isolated subsystems and interconnections are fully nonlinear. It is not required that the nominal isolated subsystems are either linearizable or partially linearizable. The uncertainties are nonlinear and bounded by nonlinear functions. Specifically, uncertainties in the input distribution and interconnections are considered. Under mild conditions, sliding mode controllers for each subsystem are designed by only employing local information. Sufficient conditions are developed under which information on the interconnections is employed for decentralised controller design to reduce conservatism. The bounds on the uncertainties have more general forms compared with previous work. A simulation example is used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Abstract-In this paper, a decentralised control strategy based on sliding mode techniques is proposed for a class of nonlinear interconnected systems. Both matched uncertainties in the isolated subsystems and mismatched uncertainties associated with the interconnections are considered. Under mild conditions, sliding mode controllers for each subsystem are designed in a decentralised manner by only employing local information. Conditions are determined which enable information on the interconnections to be employed in decentralised controller design to reduce conservatism. The developed results are applied to an automated highway system. Simulation results pertaining to a high-speed following system are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach.