Robust H∞ stabilization for systems with uncertain input time-delay

This paper presents a robust H∞ stabilization approach for actively controlled systems that include uncertain input time-delay. The approach comprises two essential steps: (1) converting a controlled system with uncertain time-delay to have only deterministic time-delay through a time-scale transformation; and (2) applying the Chebyshev spectral continuous time approximation (CHsCTA) method and defining appropriate extension matrices to transform the system so there are no time-delays. A robust H∞ control design is implemented on the transformed system, which facilitates the derivation of a robust H∞ controller. An iterative algorithm is proposed for computing the feedback gain matrix, which overcomes the challenges posed by the nonlinear coupling terms when solving the matrix inequalities. Case studies validate the effectiveness of the proposed control algorithm, which, through comparison with existing control algorithms, is shown to be less conservative.