Control of an underactuated underwater vehicle in 3D space under field-of-view constraints

Dimitra Panagou, Spyros Maniatopoulos, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos

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Abstract

This paper presents a state feedback control approach for the motion of an under-actuated, pitch-capable Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) in a 3-dimensional workspace. The objective is to steer the vehicle to a desired configuration with respect to (w.r.t.) a target of interest, in the presence of field-of-view (f.o.v.) constraints due to a vision-based sensor system. The control design is based on dipolar reference vector fields and tools from viability theory, and guarantees the convergence of the vehicle in a neighborhood of the desired configuration, without violating the f.o.v. constraints. The unactuated degrees of freedom (d.o.f.) are shown to be input-to-state stable (ISS). Simulations demonstrate the efficacy of the approach.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationIFAC Workshop on Navigation, Guidance and Control of Underwater Vehicles, NGCUV 2012
PublisherIFAC Secretariat
Pages25-30
Number of pages6
EditionPART 1
ISBN (Print)9783902823199
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event3rd IFAC Workshop on Navigation, Guidance and Control of Underwater Vehicles, NGCUV 2012 - Porto, Portugal
Duration: Apr 10 2012Apr 12 2012

Publication series

NameIFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)
NumberPART 1
Volume3
ISSN (Print)1474-6670

Conference

Conference3rd IFAC Workshop on Navigation, Guidance and Control of Underwater Vehicles, NGCUV 2012
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityPorto
Period4/10/124/12/12

Keywords

  • Marine systems
  • Nonlinear control
  • Underactuated systems
  • Visibility

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering

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