Output tracking control of high-order nonlinear systems with dynamic uncertainties

Abstract

This paper investigates the output tracking control problem for a class of nonlinear systems with zero dynamic. On the basis of adding a power integrator method and approximation technique, an appropriate controller is proposed to guarantee that the tracking error turns to a preassigned neighborhood of the origin. The systems under investigation allow unmeasurable dynamic uncertainties, unknown nonlinear functions and unknown high-order terms. As an application, two examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of a control strategy.