Semi-global robust output regulation for a class of singular nonlinear systems via nonlinear internal model

Most of existing results on robust output regulation problem of singular nonlinear systems are limited to local solutions. In this paper, the semi-global robust output regulation problem for a class of singular nonlinear systems is investigated by using a nonlinear internal model. Attaching a nonlinear internal model to the singular nonlinear system yields an augmented singular nonlinear system whose semi-global robust stabilisation solution leads to the solution of the semi-global robust output regulation problem of the original singular nonlinear system. The solvability conditions of the semi-global output regulation problem are established by addressing the solvability of the robust stabilisation problem of augmented singular nonlinear system. Finally, a numerical simulation example is used to illustrate the design of the semi-global regulator for the singular nonlinear systems.