Spacecraft relative position tracking control via intuitionistic fuzzy adaptive sliding mode controller
Journal of Engineering Research (Kuwait), 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jer.2026.08.013
- Dergi Adı: Journal of Engineering Research (Kuwait)
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Arab World Research Source, Directory of Open Access Journals, Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Intuitionistic Fuzzy Adaptive Sliding Mode Control (IFASMC), Intuitionistic Fuzzy Control (IFC), Line-of-Sight (LOS) Frame, Lyapunov Stability Criterion, Non-Cooperative Space Target
- Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This study proposes a novel Intuitionistic Fuzzy Adaptive Sliding Mode Controller (IFASMC) for the relative position tracking control of two spacecraft, referred to as the chaser and the non-cooperative target . Both spacecraft are assumed to operate within the line-of-sight (LOS) coordinate framework. The proposed control scheme integrates the Intuitionistic Fuzzy Control (IFC) approach—a next-generation fuzzy logic technique—with the Adaptive Sliding Mode Control (ASMC) method, thereby combining the adaptive robustness of SMC with the uncertainty-handling capability of intuitionistic fuzzy logic. The IFASMC is applied to the nonlinear LOS-based relative motion model, and its performance is comparatively evaluated against the classical ASMC under identical initial conditions and system inputs. The overall system comprises the dynamics of both spacecraft and their respective control mechanisms. To ensure system stability, the Lyapunov stability criterion is employed, and extensive simulations are carried out in the MATLAB/Simulink environment. Simulation results indicate that under identical initial conditions and disturbance scenarios, the proposed IFASMC achieves smaller steady-state tracking errors in the radial and one angular channel, smoother control signals with substantially reduced chattering, and a lower dimensionless quadratic performance index compared with the classical ASMC benchmark. These findings indicate that the IFASMC provides smoother control action and improved tracking performance with enhanced robustness against bounded disturbances in the considered non-cooperative rendezvous scenario, while the Lyapunov analysis establishes practical stability of the IFASMC and asymptotic convergence of the benchmark ASMC under the ideal switching assumption.