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First, by using the event-triggered sampled output, the state, fault efficiency index, and disturbance information are acquired through a novel observer. The convergence performance of the proposed observer is proved theoretically. Subsequently, to achieve the control purpose of this study, an event-based adaptive sliding mode fault-tolerant control scheme is proposed based on the estimated information. On the one hand, two adaptive parameters are included in the controller to reduce the work of parameter adjustment; on the other hand, two-channel event trigger generators are introduced to reduce the transmission load. Additionally, the estimated disturbance is also integrated into the controller scheme to enhance tracking precision and chattering attenuation. 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