Variable structure model following control for robot manipulator using time-varying sliding hyperplane

In this paper, the variable structure model following control scheme is proposed for the nonlinear robot manipulator system. The proposed control system guarantees that the system state is in the sliding mode for all time. Therefore, error transient can be prescribed in advance for all time. Furthermore, overall system is globally exponentially stable. Chattering problem is reduced by the introduction of a boundary layer. Simulation results are given to show the usefulness of the proposed control scheme.