Robust adaptive fault tolerant attitude control for post-capture non-cooperative targets with actuator nonlinearities

This paper develops an attitude takeover control structure for post-capture non-cooperative targets with actuator nonlinearities and faults. In this paper, the contingent actuator gain faults, deviation faults and the undesirable non-symmetric dead-zone nonlinearities of the actuator are all under consideration. An effective robust adaptive fault tolerant attitude control method is synthesized such that the actuator nonlinearities and faults can be well handled. As a result, the accurate attitude stabilization and tracking are maintained. Moreover, an extended fault tolerant attitude control scheme that can work well in the presence of inaccurate measurement information is proposed. Based on a quadratic Lyapunov function, the proof of the convergence is completed. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and advantages of the proposed method.