Guidance and control methodologies for marine vehicles: A survey

HR Karimi, Y Lu - Control Engineering Practice, 2021 - Elsevier
Offshore mechatronics systems engineering has recently received high attentions in various
sectors such as energy, transportation, etc. Specifically, offshore robotic vehicles have …

Adaptive trajectory tracking control of vector propulsion unmanned surface vehicle with disturbances and input saturation

X Sun, G Wang, Y Fan - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
This paper presents an adaptive trajectory tracking controller with full state feedback for
vector propulsion unmanned surface vehicle (USV). The controller solves the problem of …

Global adaptive neural network control of underactuated autonomous underwater vehicles with parametric modeling uncertainty

Z Yan, M Wang, J Xu - Asian Journal of Control, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This paper focuses on global adaptive neural network control for a class of underactuated
autonomous underwater vehicles in the presence of possibly large modeling parametric …

Model identification and trajectory tracking control for vector propulsion unmanned surface vehicles

X Sun, G Wang, Y Fan - Electronics, 2019 - mdpi.com
To promote the development of military and civilian applications for marine technology, more
and more scientific research around the world has begun to develop unmanned surface …

Trajectory tracking control for vector propulsion unmanned surface vehicle with incomplete underactuated inputs

X Sun, G Wang, Y Fan - IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Considering different propulsion systems of unman-ned surface vehicles (USVs), it is
necessary to design corresponding vessel motion controllers according to propulsion …

A minimum phase output in the exact tracking problem for the nonminimum phase underactuated surface ship

L Consolini, M Tosques - IEEE Transactions on Automatic …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This note considers the output tracking problem for a nonminimum-phase underactuated
surface ship, where the actuation is provided by a stern propeller and rudder. As tracking …

Collision avoidance guidance and control scheme for vector propulsion unmanned surface vehicle with disturbance

X Sun, G Wang, Y Fan - Applied Ocean Research, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, a collision avoidance guidance and control (CAGC) scheme for fully
autonomous unmanned surface vehicle (USV) according to the guidance, navigation and …

Pulse width modulation of water jet propulsion systems using high-speed coanda-effect valves

A Mazumdar, HH Asada - Journal of …, 2013 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
An integrated high-speed valve switching and pump output control scheme are developed
for precision maneuvering of underwater vehicles. High-speed Coanda-effect valves …

Nonlinear control of an unmanned amphibious vehicle

J Alvarez, IR Bertaska… - Dynamic Systems …, 2013 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The development and implementation of an experimental sliding mode control law for a 2.5
meter long unmanned amphibious vehicle (the DUKW-Ling) when waterborne is presented …

Model reference adaptive control-based genetic algorithm design for heading ship motion

NA Al-Awad - 2020 - dspace.cvut.cz
In this paper, the heading control of a large ship is enhanced with a specific end goal, to
check the unwanted impact of the waves on the actuator framework. The Nomoto model is …