Asymptotic and finite-time almost global attitude tracking: representations free approach

In this paper, the attitude tracking problem is considered using the rotation matrices. Due to the inherent topological restriction, it is impossible to achieve global attractivity with any continuous attitude control system on SO(3). Hence in this work, we propose some control protocols achieving almost global tracking asymptotically and in finite time, respectively. In these protocols, no world frame is needed and only relative state information are requested. For finitetime tracking case, Filippov solutions and non-smooth analysis techniques are adopted to handle the discontinuities. Simulation examples are provided to verify the performances of the control protocols designed in this paper.

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