TY - GEN
T1 - Robust tracking control of autonomous underwater vehicles in the presence of disturbance inputs
AU - Singh, S.
AU - Sanyal, A.
AU - Smith, R.
AU - Nordkvist, N.
AU - Chyba, M.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is expected to operate in an ocean in the presence of poorly known disturbance forces and moments. The uncertainties of the environment makes it difficult to apply open-loop control scheme for the motion planning of the vehicle. The objective of this paper is to develop a robust feedback trajectory tracking control scheme for an AUV that can track a prescribed trajectory amidst such disturbances. We solve a general problem of feedback trajectory tracking of an AUV in SE(3). The feedback control scheme is derived using Lyapunov-type analysis. The results obtained from numerical simulations confirm the asymptotic tracking properties of the feedback control law. We apply the feedback control scheme to different mission scenarios, with the disturbances being initial errors in the state of the AUV.
AB - An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is expected to operate in an ocean in the presence of poorly known disturbance forces and moments. The uncertainties of the environment makes it difficult to apply open-loop control scheme for the motion planning of the vehicle. The objective of this paper is to develop a robust feedback trajectory tracking control scheme for an AUV that can track a prescribed trajectory amidst such disturbances. We solve a general problem of feedback trajectory tracking of an AUV in SE(3). The feedback control scheme is derived using Lyapunov-type analysis. The results obtained from numerical simulations confirm the asymptotic tracking properties of the feedback control law. We apply the feedback control scheme to different mission scenarios, with the disturbances being initial errors in the state of the AUV.
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U2 - 10.1115/OMAE2009-79486
DO - 10.1115/OMAE2009-79486
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77953011622
SN - 9780791843444
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE
SP - 345
EP - 351
BT - Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering 2009, OMAE2009
T2 - 28th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE2009
Y2 - 31 May 2009 through 5 June 2009
ER -