Observer-based fuzzy integral sliding mode control for bilateral teleoperation systems with time-varying delays.

This paper aims to examine the stability and tracking performance of a bilateral teleoperation system. The Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy method is utilized, through which the nonlinear master–slave dynamics is converted as a fuzzy-based system. The state observers are designed for the linearized fuzzy teleoperation systems, and the corresponding estimation errors are formulated. Importantly, a novel observer-based fuzzy integral sliding mode control is developed by deliberately introducing the delay term into the sliding surfaces. As such, advanced delay-product type of Lyapunov–Krasovskii functionals are constructed for the augmented state vectors, in order to acquire the additional delay information. In addition, the Wirtinger-based integral inequality along with an extended reciprocally convex matrix inequality is applied to the Lyapunov derivatives to establish the delay-dependent stability conditions. Numerical results are provided to demonstrate efficacy of the developed control mechanism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]