Event-triggered sliding mode control algorithms for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems: experimental assessment

An experimental assessment of the recently introduced event-triggered sliding mode control approach is presented in this paper. The major design requirement, in this approach, is to reduce the number of transmissions over the network, while guaranteeing that the sliding mode control is stabilizing with appropriate robustness in front of matched uncertainties. In the present paper a novel Event-Triggered Sliding Mode Control algorithm is first introduced and discussed and then it is compared with two different Model-Based Event-Triggered Sliding Mode Control algorithms. Finally, their experimental assessment is reported, obtaining satisfactory performance consistent with the theoretical treatment and fulfilling all the design requirements.