Effective Turning Motion Control of Internally Actuated Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

2017 ◽  
Vol 89 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 175-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saeedeh Ziaeefard ◽  
Brian R. Page ◽  
Anthony J. Pinar ◽  
Nina Mahmoudian

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) are slowly operated unmanned robots which Capable of propelling on pre-defined mission tracks independently under the water surface and are frequently used for oceanographic exploration, bathymetric surveys and defense applications. This AUV can perform underwater object recognition and obstacle avoidance with the use of appropriate sensors and devices. Vidyut is a miniature AUV developed at Sri Sairam Institute of Technology. The vehicle is equipped with six thrusters which allow for motion control in 6 Dof and has a non-conventional single hull heavy bottom hydrodynamic design. This paper discusses different aspects of the vehicle's unique design. The output of the Arduino Uno controller has been discussed for continuous depth and heading control.


Author(s):  
George C. Karras ◽  
Charalampos P. Bechlioulis ◽  
Sharad Nagappa ◽  
Narcis Palomeras ◽  
Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Bingheng Wang ◽  
Marko Mihalec ◽  
Yongbin Gong ◽  
Dario Pompili ◽  
Jingang Yi

This paper presents a trajectory-tracking method using disturbance observer-based model predictive control (MPC) for small autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV). The goal of the work is to design a robust motion controller for AUVs under the system constraints and unknown disturbances such as hydrodynamics and ocean currents. Super-twisting-algorithm (STA) is employed to design the disturbance observer and its output is used and included in the feedback linearization law to compensate for the disturbances. The control inputs are generated using the MPC design with the nominal linearized model. Simulation results are included to validate the effectiveness of the control design and also compare with the traditional MPC motion control.


Author(s):  
Monique Chyba ◽  
Sergio Grammatico ◽  
Van T. Huynh ◽  
John Marriott ◽  
Benedetto Piccoli ◽  
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2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (17) ◽  
pp. 75-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Vanni ◽  
A. Pedro Aguiar ◽  
António Pascoal

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