Adaptive Neural Command Filtering Control for Nonlinear MIMO Systems With Saturation Input and Unknown Control Direction

In this paper, the tracking control problem is considered for a class of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) nonlinear systems with input saturation and unknown direction control gains. A command filtered adaptive neural networks (NNs) control method is presented with regard to the MIMO systems by designing the virtual controllers and error compensation signals. First, the command filtering is used to solve the “explosion of complexity” problem in the conventional backstepping design and the nonlinearities are approximated by NNs. Then, the error compensation signals are developed to conquer the shortcoming of the dynamic surface method. In addition, the Nussbaum-type functions are utilized to cope with the unknown direction control gains. The effectiveness of the proposed new design scheme is illustrated by simulation examples.