Formation control of underactuated autonomous underwater vehicles in horizontal plane

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Abstract

In formation control, each autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) needs to maintain a desired distance among others while following its predefine path. We divided the problem into two steps, one is path following of a single vehicle, and the other is coordinating the path parameter. We combine backstepping and Lyapunov method to derive the path following algorithm for each AUV, and then make each AUV's path parameter synchronization to accomplish the formation task. Simulation results show the efficiency of the proposed control law, and in our algorithm, AUV needs to exchange the path parameter only, which decrease the communication requirement.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics, ICAL 2008
Pages822-827
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
EventIEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics, ICAL 2008 - Qingdao, China
Duration: 1 Sep 20083 Sep 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics, ICAL 2008

Conference

ConferenceIEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics, ICAL 2008
Country/TerritoryChina
CityQingdao
Period1/09/083/09/08

Keywords

  • Autonomous underwater vehicles
  • Formation control
  • Synchronization

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