Razumikhin-type Control Lyapunov and Barrier Functions for Time-Delay Systems

Abstract: This paper studies the stabilization and safety problems of nonlinear time-delay systems, where time delays exist in system state and affect the controller design. Following the Razumikhin approach, we propose a novel control Lyapunov-Razumikhin function to facilitate the controller design and to achieve the stabilization objective. To ensure the safety objective, we propose a Razumikhin-type control barrier function for time-delay systems for the first time. Furthermore, the proposed Razumikhin-type control Lyapunov and barrier functions are merged such that the stabilization and safety control design can be combined to address the stabilization and safety simultaneously, which further extends the control design from the delay-free case into the time-delay case. Finally, the proposed approach is illustrated via a numerical example.