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Robust composite nonlinear feedback control for path following of underactuated surface vessels with desired-heading amendment

  • Chuan Hu*
  • , Rongrong Wang
  • , Fengjun Yan
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • McMaster University
  • Southeast University, Nanjing

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Abstract

This paper studies the transient performance improvement problem for path following control of underactuated surface vessels (USVs) in the presence of oceanic disturbances. The traditional practice that chooses the tangent direction of the desired path as the desired heading may deteriorate the tracking performance in the curve-path following. That is because the sideslip angle is not zero in turnings, which unavoidably makes the lateral offset hard to converge to zero. Also, the disturbances in wave filed greatly affect the transient control of the path following errors. To this end, this paper makes two contributions: 1) An amendment on the choice of the desired heading is presented to consider the sideslip angle in turnings and then achieve a more accurate path-following maneuver; 2) A novel robust composite nonlinear feedback (CNF) technique is proposed based on a multiple-disturbances observer to improve the transient performance for path following control in seaway environment considering the input saturation. Comparative simulations verify the reasonability of the amendment on the desired heading direction and the effectiveness of the CNF approach in improving the transient performance for the path following control of USVs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMechatronics; Mechatronics and Controls in Advanced Manufacturing; Modeling and Control of Automotive Systems and Combustion Engines; Modeling and Validation; Motion and Vibration Control Applications; Multi-Agent and Networked Systems; Path Planning and Motion Control; Robot Manipulators; Sensors and Actuators; Tracking Control Systems; Uncertain Systems and Robustness; Unmanned, Ground and Surface Robotics; Vehicle Dynamic Controls; Vehicle Dynamics and Traffic Control
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers
ISBN (Electronic)9780791850701
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
EventASME 2016 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC 2016 - Minneapolis, United States
Duration: 12 Oct 201614 Oct 2016

Publication series

NameASME 2016 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC 2016
Volume2

Conference

ConferenceASME 2016 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMinneapolis
Period12/10/1614/10/16

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