  We develop new protocols for high-fidelity single qubit gates that exploit
and extend theoretical ideas for accelerated adiabatic evolution. Our protocols
are compatible with qubit architectures with highly isolated logical states,
where traditional approaches are problematic; a prime example are
superconducting fluxonium qubits. By using an accelerated adiabatic protocol we
can enforce the desired adiabatic evolution while having gate times that are
comparable to the inverse adiabatic energy gap (a scale that is ultimately set
by the amount of power used in the control pulses). By modelling the effects of
decoherence, we explore the tradeoff between speed and robustness that is
inherent to shortcuts-to-adiabaticity approaches.
