Fixed-time stable bilateral teleoperation of underwater manipulator using prescribed performance terminal sliding surfaces

This study proposes two novel prescribed performance terminal sliding surfaces (PPTSSs) to address the fixed time stable bilateral teleoperation issue for a class of underwater manipulators with error constraints and input saturation. A general mathematical definition of the PPTSS method is first introduced, which can predetermine the convergence rate, steady-state error, and maximum overshoot. Moreover, the system settling time would have a fixed upper bound once the PPTSS is reached. An auxiliary system for saturation compensation is utilized to overcome the difficulties caused by actuator saturation. Moreover, two control schemes based on PPTSSs are proposed to handle error constraints and ensure the bound of global settling time is fixed. Finally, numerical simulation results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the developed algorithms.