Robust Control For Spacecraft Attitude Tracking Under Multiple Physical Limitations with Guaranteed Performance

TL;DR

This paper develops a robust control framework for spacecraft attitude tracking that guarantees performance under multiple physical constraints, including velocity limits and actuator saturation, using barrier Lyapunov functions and adaptive strategies.

Contribution

It introduces a novel barrier Lyapunov function and an adaptive performance strategy to handle multiple constraints and disturbances in spacecraft attitude control.

Findings

Effective constraint handling demonstrated through simulations

Enhanced robustness against disturbances and actuator limitations

Guaranteed performance without singularities

Abstract

This paper considers the prescribed performance control (PPC) of spacecraft attitude tracking under multiple physical constraints, focusing on the robust issues. A novel Barrier Lyapunov function is proposed to realize the guaranteed-performance control under angular velocity constraint without singularity. Additionally, an adaptive strategy for the performance function is presented to soften the constraint and quickly re-stabilize the system after severe disturbances occur, providing strong robustness. Further, an auxiliary system is designed to handle the input saturation issue, incorporating the actuator limitation into the system. Based on the proposed structure, a backstepping controller is developed accordingly using a double-layer PPC framework. Numerical simulation results are presented to validate the proposed controller framework's efficiency and robustness.8 pa