Fixed-Time/ Prescribed-Time Fault-Tolerant Control for Multiple Unmanned Systems

This monograph presents rigorous analysis and design process of the fixed-time/prescribed-time FTC strategy for quadrotor UAVs, fixed-wing UAVs, unmanned helicopter,and UAVs-UGVs system. The design methods can adjust the structure and parameters of the system controller in a timely manner, ensuring the safety of the unmanned systems and restoring critical control performance as soon as possible. Therefore, these research results will enrich the development of FTC for multiple unmanned systems, and have important theoretical significance and practical application value for ensuring the safety and control of complex control systems.

Ke Zhang received the Ph.D. degree in control theory and engineering from the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China, in 2012. He is currently a full professor with the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He has published two books and over 100 referred international journal papers and conference papers. He was a recipient of the Second-Class Prize of National Natural Science Award of China. From May 2018 to April 2019, he was a visiting scholar in the School of Engineering and Digital Arts at University of Kent. His research interests include fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control of dynamical systems and their applications.
Wanglei Cheng received the B.S. degree in automation from Shanghai Second Polytechnic University, Shanghai, China, in 2016, the M.S. degree in control theory and control engineering from Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China, and the Ph.D. degree in control science and engineering from the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China, in 2024. He is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the college of automation engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His research interests include fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control for multiagent systems and their applications.
Qingyi Liu received the B.S. degree in the department of applied mathematics from China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2018, and the M.S. degree in the department of applied mathematics from Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing, China, in 2021. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in control theory and control engineering with the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China. Her current research interests include fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control for large-scale interconnected systems, unmanned helicopters and their applications.
Bin Jiang received the Ph.D. degree in automatic control from Northeastern University, Shenyang, China, in 1995. He had ever been a Post-Doctoral Fellow, a Research Fellow, an Invited Professor, and a Visiting Professor in Singapore, France, USA, and Canada, respectively. He is currently Chair Professor of Cheung Kong Scholar Program with the Ministry of Education and the President of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China. He was a recipient of the Second-Class Prize of National Natural Science Award of China. He has authored eight books and over 200 referred international journal papers. His current research interests include intelligent fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control and their applications to helicopters, satellites, hypersonic vehicle, and high-speed trains.