Abstract
An adaptive finite time trajectory tracking control method is presented for underactuated unmanned marine surface vessels (MSVs) by employing neural networks to approximate system uncertainties. The proposed algorithm is developed by combining event-triggered control (ETC) and finite-time convergence (FTC) techniques. The dynamic event-triggered condition is adopted to avert the frequent acting of actuators using an adjustable triggered variable to regulate the minimal inter-event times. While solving the system uncertainties and asymmetric input saturation, an adaptive neural networks based backstepping controller is designed based on FTC under bounded disturbances. In addition, via Lyapunov approach it is proved that all signals in the closed-loop system are semi-global uniformly ultimately bounded. Finally, simulations results are shown to demonstrate the effectiveness of this proposed scheme.