Visual servo control for an underwater free-floating manipulator with base motion compensation

Lijun Zhang, Jian Gao, Weisheng Yan

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Abstract

In this paper, a visual servo control scheme with base motion compensation using an unscented Kalman filter (UKF) is presented for an underwater vehicle-manipulator system (UVMS) performing intervention tasks. It is assumed that the underwater vehicle is dynamically positioned by a station keeping controller in uncertain motion under disturbances of the environment and the manipulator. To control the free-floating manipulator (FFM) accurately, we propose an eye-in-hand visual servo controller with a disturbance compensator (DC-VSC). The velocity of the base is estimated by an unscented Kalman filter (UKF) with visual measurements based on the kinematic model of the UVMS. The simulation results validate the effectiveness of the proposed DC-VSC, which tracks the stationary visual target in the presence of an uncertain moving base.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 OCEANS - MTS/IEEE Kobe Techno-Oceans, OCEANS - Kobe 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781538616543
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Dec 2018
Event2018 OCEANS - MTS/IEEE Kobe Techno-Oceans, OCEANS - Kobe 2018 - Kobe, Japan
Duration: 28 May 201831 May 2018

Publication series

Name2018 OCEANS - MTS/IEEE Kobe Techno-Oceans, OCEANS - Kobe 2018

Conference

Conference2018 OCEANS - MTS/IEEE Kobe Techno-Oceans, OCEANS - Kobe 2018
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKobe
Period28/05/1831/05/18

Keywords

  • Disturbance compensatior
  • Free-floating manipulator
  • Underwater vehicle-manipulator system
  • Unscented Kalman filter
  • Visual servo

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