Hidden Markov-Model-Based Control Design for Multilateral Teleoperation System With Asymmetric Time-Varying Delays

This article focuses on investigating the synchronization and position/force tracking performance of the multilateral teleoperation system with asymmetric time delays. First, the synchronization and tracking error signals are proposed to transform the nonlinear dynamic system into a closed-loop system governed by the Markovian jumping parameter. Because of the presence of time delays, the information regarding the system states might become unavailable. Owing to this, a feedback control based on the hidden Markov model is developed through which the information on the current state of the actual system can be accessed through a series of observations. Moreover, the forward and backward delays of the master and slave manipulators are assumed to be asymmetric and varying with time. For the stability analysis, the Lyapunov–Krasovskii technique has been adopted for which its derivatives are dealt by employing Jensens’ inequality and extended reciprocal convex matrix inequality. Finally, simulation results were provided to validate the proposed methodology guaranteeing the closed-loop system to be asymptotically stable.