Robust Adaptive Control for a Class of Nonlinear Systems with Complex Uncertainties

Abstract

This paper considers a robust adaptive stabilization problem for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems which include an unknown virtual control coefficient, an unknown constant parameter, and a time-varying disturbance whose bound is unknown, We propose a new estimator for an un-known virtual control coefficient and present a robust adaptive backstepping design procedure which results in a smooth state feedback control law, a new two-dimensional parameter update law, and a <TEX>$C^1$</TEX> Lyapunov function which is positive definite and proper.