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  • Open Access
62 Citations
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Supertwisting Sliding Mode Algorithm Based Nonlinear MPPT Control for a Solar PV System with Artificial Neural Networks Based Reference Generation

  • Shahzad Ahmed,
  • Hafiz Mian Muhammad Adil,
  • Iftikhar Ahmad,
  • Muhammad Kashif Azeem,
  • Zil e Huma and
  • Safdar Abbas Khan

17 July 2020

The problem of extracting maximum power from a photovoltaic (PV) system with negligible power loss is concerned with the power generating capability of the PV array and nature of the output load. Changing weather conditions and nonlinear behavior of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,989 Views
14 Pages

A Super-Twisting Extended State Observer for Nonlinear Systems

  • Yi Li,
  • Panlong Tan,
  • Junjie Liu and
  • Zengqiang Chen

1 October 2022

Disturbances and uncertainties are the main concerns in control systems. To obtain this information in real time, the extended state observer is proposed as the core of the active disturbance rejection control. However, the estimation errors of exten...

  • Article
  • Open Access
65 Citations
10,101 Views
18 Pages

This paper describes the design of a robust composite high-order super-twisting sliding mode controller (HOSTSMC) for robot manipulators. Robot manipulators are extensively used in industrial manufacturing for many complex and specialized application...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,465 Views
19 Pages

Multivariable Adaptive Super-Twisting Guidance Law Based on Barrier Function

  • Yukuan Liu,
  • Guanglin He,
  • Yanan Du,
  • Yulong Zhang and
  • Zenghui Qiao

25 November 2021

For tactical missiles, sliding mode control and super-twisting algorithms have been widely studied in the area of guidance law design. However, these methods require the information of the target accelerations and the target acceleration derivatives,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,257 Views
16 Pages

Super-Twisting Algorithm-Based Virtual Synchronous Generator in Inverter Interfaced Distributed Generation (IIDG)

  • Sudhir Kumar Singh,
  • Rajveer Singh,
  • Haroon Ashfaq,
  • Sanjeev Kumar Sharma,
  • Gulshan Sharma and
  • Pitshou N. Bokoro

14 August 2022

The significant proliferation of renewable resources, primarily inverter interfaced distributed generation (IIDG) in the utility grid, leads to a dearth of overall inertia. Subsequently, the system illustrates more frequency nadir and a steeper frequ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,023 Views
14 Pages

2 August 2023

In this article, a novel strategy called enhanced super-twisting active disturbance rejection control (ESTADRC), as well as a nonlinear observer (NOB), is used to implement a speed control scheme for permanent-magnet synchronous motors with intricate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
4,365 Views
15 Pages

For an underactuated unmanned surface vehicle (USV), time-varying external disturbances affect the accuracy of trajectory tracking. To ensure trajectory tracking accuracy, in this paper the reduced-order extended state observer (ESO) and the super-tw...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,051 Views
19 Pages

24 June 2023

This paper designs a novel smooth super-twisting extended-state observer (SSTESO)-based smooth super-twisting sliding-mode control (SSTSMC) scheme to promote the robust ability and voltage-tracking performance of DC-DC buck converters. First, an SSTE...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,623 Views
19 Pages

16 May 2022

This paper presents a disturbance observer-based model predictive of super-twisting control for Soft Open Point (SOP). First, with the consideration of the disturbances caused by parameter mismatches and unmodelled dynamics, a super-twisting sliding-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,780 Views
15 Pages

FES Control of a Finger MP Joint with a Proxy-Based Super-Twisting Algorithm

  • Hua Chen,
  • Xiaogang Xiong,
  • Koki Honda,
  • Shouta Okunami and
  • Motoji Yamamoto

5 June 2024

To improve motion accuracy through functional electrical stimulation (FES) of forearm muscles, feedback control laws are applied to the index finger’s metacarpophalangeal (MP) joint. This paper introduces a proxy-based super-twisting algorithm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,265 Views
30 Pages

This paper proposes a novel nonlinear speed control method for permanent magnet synchronous motors that enhances their robustness and tracking performance. This technique integrates a sliding-mode disturbance observer and variable-gain fractional-ord...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,840 Views
18 Pages

This paper details the transformation of the velocity or position-tracking problem of a class of uncertain systems using finite time stability control for first-order uncertain systems. A new composite extended-state observer sliding mode (ESOSM) sch...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,507 Views
21 Pages

23 March 2025

A novel sliding mode control (SMC) strategy incorporating an adaptive super-twisting algorithm is developed for permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs), effectively mitigating high-frequency chattering while enhancing external disturbance rejecti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,087 Views
19 Pages

An Online Super-Twisting Sliding Mode Anti-Slip Control Strategy

  • Zhiwu Huang,
  • Wei Du,
  • Bin Chen,
  • Kai Gao,
  • Yongjie Liu,
  • Xuanheng Tang and
  • Yingze Yang

9 April 2020

The variability of rail surfaces can result in wheel–rail slippage, which reduces the accuracy of subway braking systems, or even endangers the operation safety. It is necessary to conduct optimal anti-slip control with the estimation of the wh...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,215 Views
24 Pages

22 January 2025

The rapid advancement of quadrotor systems has introduced significant challenges across multiple disciplines. Among these, fault tolerance and trajectory tracking in complex environments have long been recognized as critical challenges in quadrotor c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
449 Views
31 Pages

18 October 2025

This paper presents an output-feedback sliding-mode control strategy for a two-DOF lower-limb exoskeleton system aimed at rehabilitation assistance for disabled individuals. The core of the approach is a cascade super-twisting observer, beginning wit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
223 Views
20 Pages

30 December 2025

The dynamic model of a spatial flexible manipulator is challenging to establish accurately and is susceptible to disturbances from uncertainties, which negatively impact system control. To mitigate the effects of uncertainties and improve control pre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,326 Views
17 Pages

20 June 2019

Recently, the mobile wheeled inverted pendulum (MWIP) has gained an increasing interest in the field of robotics due to traffic and environmental protection problems. However, the MWIP system is characterized by its nonlinearity, underactuation, time...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,225 Views
27 Pages

6 March 2025

In this study, the authors present an event-triggered control scheme for uncertain robot manipulators combined with an adaptive super-twisting algorithm to handle uncertain robot manipulator systems with unknown external uncertainties and disturbance...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,118 Views
23 Pages

Design of a Neural Super-Twisting Controller to Emulate a Flywheel Energy Storage System

  • Daniel A. Magallón,
  • Carlos E. Castañeda,
  • Francisco Jurado and
  • Onofre A. Morfin

7 October 2021

In this work, a neural super-twisting algorithm is applied to the design of a controller for a flywheel energy storage system (FESS) emulator. Emulation of the FESS is achieved through driving a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (PMSM) coupled to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,502 Views
13 Pages

Speed Estimation of PMSM Based on a Super-Twisting Slide Mode Observer

  • Long Li,
  • Weidong Zhou,
  • Xianting Bi and
  • Xiaoping Shi

11 August 2022

To limit the high-frequency chattering originating from the conventional sliding mode observer in a PMSM sensorless control system of vacuum pumps and reduce the steady-state error caused by the phase lag of the coordinate system on the estimated spe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,652 Views
20 Pages

5 October 2021

It is difficult to model and determine the parameters of the steer-by-wire (SBW) system accurately, and the perturbation is variable with complex and changeable tire–road conditions. In order to improve the control performance of the vehicle SBW syst...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,051 Views
17 Pages

13 August 2025

This paper proposes a robust control method of trajectory tracking for quadrotors under disturbance conditions, combining Model Predictive Control (MPC) and the Super-Twisting Algorithm (STA). MPC is a control strategy that solves an optimization pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,017 Views
21 Pages

28 August 2025

To improve the dynamic response and disturbance rejection performance of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) speed control system, this paper designs a speed control strategy of PMSM based on super-twisting sliding mode corrected differential...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
886 Views
18 Pages

11 April 2025

Power network codes necessitate that any renewable source aligns with LVRT rules and assists in voltage restoration during voltage dips. This paper focuses on increasing the low-voltage ride through capability of a doubly fed induction generator-base...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,987 Views
18 Pages

7 December 2023

The floating platform motion of an offshore wind turbine system can exacerbate output power fluctuations and increase fatigue loads. This paper proposes a new scheme based on a fast second-order sliding mode (SOSM) control and an adaptive super-twist...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,806 Views
20 Pages

Real-Time Improvement of a Trajectory-Tracking Control Based on Super-Twisting Algorithm for a Quadrotor Aircraft

  • Iván González-Hernández,
  • Sergio Salazar,
  • Rogelio Lozano and
  • Oscar Ramírez-Ayala

26 January 2022

This article addresses the development and experimental validation of a trajectory-tracking control for a miniature autonomous Quadrotor helicopter system (X4-prototype) using a robust algorithm control based on second-order sliding mode technique or...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,225 Views
23 Pages

28 August 2023

This paper proposes a neural network approach adaptive super-twisting sliding mode control algorithm for autonomous vehicles. An adaptive and robust control algorithm in autonomous vehicles is needed to compensate for disturbance and parametric uncer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,428 Views
15 Pages

27 March 2023

This paper focuses on the speed regulation of a permanent-magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) with an uncertain extended load disturbance. A novel super-twisting sliding-mode control (NSTSMC) was proposed via a nonlinear integral sliding surface and a mo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
3,851 Views
17 Pages

2 September 2020

In this research, based on the ultra-local model, a novel compound model-free control strategy with an intelligent Proportional-Integral and super-twisting Sliding Mode Control (MFiPISTSMC) strategy for permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drive...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,071 Views
15 Pages

10 September 2024

Since robustness is only maintained on the sliding-mode surface, sliding mode control is inherently non-globally stable. Therefore, reducing the time to reach the sliding mode is crucial for enhancing sliding mode robustness. To improve the performan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
682 Views
18 Pages

3 November 2025

This paper proposes a novel fixed-time super-twisting sliding mode control (ST-SMC) strategy for uncertain robotic arm systems, aiming to address the issues of control chattering and the uncontrollable upper bound of convergence time in traditional s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
840 Views
15 Pages

The temperature-dependent polarization performance of super-twisted nematic liquid crystals (STN-LCs) when used as polarizers has garnered considerable scholarly attention. In this study, the transmittance of an STN-LC cell was measured under inciden...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,234 Views
21 Pages

14 April 2023

Aiming at the problem of the coexistence of matching and mismatching uncertainties in electro-hydraulic servo systems, disturbance observers and a backstepping sliding mode controller based on the generalized super-twisting algorithm (GSTA) are propo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
3,420 Views
15 Pages

9 February 2021

This paper proposes a novel model-free super-twisting nonlinear sliding mode control (MFSTNLSMC) strategy with an improved smoothing extended state observer (SESO) for permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drives. First of all, the improved SESO...

  • Article
  • Open Access
469 Views
29 Pages

18 December 2025

Quadrotor UAVs benefit from control strategies that can deliver rapid convergence and strong robustness in order to fully exploit their high agility. Finite-time control based on terminal sliding modes has been recognized as an effective alternative...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,327 Views
27 Pages

27 February 2022

In this study, we examined the robust super-twisting sliding mode backstepping control (SBSC) method, which employed a tracking differentiator and nonlinear disturbance observer for a hexacopter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system. To realize robust...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,543 Views
20 Pages

9 August 2023

In this study, a sliding-mode controller is designed using an adaptive reaching law with a super-twisting algorithm. A dynamic model of a drone is designed with a quadrotor that has four motors and considers disturbances and model uncertainties. Give...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,187 Views
16 Pages

9 January 2023

Aiming at the decrease of tracking accuracy caused by nonlinear friction and strong coupling of the flexible upper-limb exoskeleton, an improved super-twisting sliding mode controller (ISTSMC) is proposed. Compared with the conventional super twisted...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,067 Views
20 Pages

2 April 2023

In electric vehicles, performances of electric vehicle drivetrains depend on the electric machine and the control. Switched Reluctance Machines (SRMs) are today an alternative to rare earth magnets machines such as Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,480 Views
15 Pages

29 June 2024

The Sliding Mode Observer (SMO) is widely used for the sensorless control of Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSMs) due to its simple structure and strong parameter robustness. However, traditional SMOs have a limited speed range and suffer from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,170 Views
19 Pages

3 October 2024

In order to improve the observation accuracy of rotor positions in the sensorless control of permanent magnet synchronous motors and to simplify the parameter adjustment process, this paper proposes an improved finite-time adaptive super-twisting sli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,738 Views
24 Pages

Industrial mobile robots easily experience actuator loss of some effectiveness and additive bias faults due to the working scenarios, resulting in unexpected performance degradation. This article proposes a novel adaptive fault-tolerant control (FTC)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,691 Views
28 Pages

7 March 2021

This article proposes a novel adaptive super-twisting sliding mode control scheme with a time-delay estimation technique (ASTSMC-TDE) to control the yaw angle of a single ducted-fan unmanned aerial vehicle system. Such systems are highly nonlinear; h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,475 Views
19 Pages

An improved super-twisting sliding mode and linear active disturbance rejection control strategy is proposed to improve the dynamic response performance and immunity performance in switched reluctance motor speed control systems. Firstly, the linear...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,887 Views
15 Pages

To improve the tracking capability and sensorless estimation accuracy of a permanent magnet linear synchronous motor (PMLSM) control system, a sensorless control system based on a continuous terminal sliding mode controller (CT-SMC) and fuzzy super-t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,240 Views
19 Pages

24 September 2022

To solve the problem of the sensorless control method of a permanent magnet synchronous motor, based on the study of a mathematical model for a permanent magnet synchronous motor and model adaptation theory, a reference model equation and adjustable...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
5,569 Views
19 Pages

29 March 2019

In traditional sensorless control of the interior permanent magnet synchronous motors (IPMSMs) for medium and high speed domains, a control strategy based on a sliding-mode observer (SMO) and phase-locked loop (PLL) is widely applied. A new strategy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,765 Views
18 Pages

13 May 2023

With the increasing demand for high-performance controllers in micro- and nano-systems, it is crucial to account for the effects of unexpected faults in control inputs during the design process. To tackle this challenge, we present a new approach tha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,775 Views
12 Pages

Stabilization of Long-Pitch Supertwisted Nematic Structures

  • Masahiro Ito,
  • Satoshi Ohmi and
  • Kohki Takatoh

9 December 2021

Stabilized reverse twisted nematic liquid crystal devices (RTN-LCDs) were fabricated using formation of a polymer matrix under UV irradiation with an applied voltage (sustain voltage) in the vicinity of the alignment layers. In the absence of an appl...

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