A switching algorithm for global exponential stabilization of uncertain chained systems

Abstract

This note deals with chained form systems with strongly nonlinear unmodeled dynamics and external disturbances. The objective is to design a robust nonlinear state feedback law such that the closed-loop system is globally Kexponentially stable. We propose a novel switching control strategy involving the use of input/state scaling and integrator backstepping. The new features of our controllers include the ability to achieve Lyapunov stability, exponential convergence, and robustness to a set of uncertain drift terms.