A novel dynamic finite-time prescribed performance control strategy with constraint and robustness

This paper is devoted to the design of adaptive nonlinear prescribed performance controllers for balancing constraint and robustness. Firstly, a shift function is introduced to enhance robustness in the initial stage. Secondly, a new finite-time performance function and a regulation of dynamic adjustments are developed for the first time. Due to the regulation, it can be prevented by the proposed scheme that tracking errors approach or exceed performance boundaries during operation, which ensures both robustness and constraint, and the performance function is differentiable of order n, which can be used in backstepping design for higher-order systems without approximators. Finally, the designed controller is more robust in both transient and stable states, whose effectiveness and superiority are validated by stability analysis, matlab simulation, and an actual test on a real robotic arm.