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Tracking trajectory for an autonomous underwater vehicle: A nonlinear controllers comparison under maritime disturbances

  • Dario Imba
  • , Pablo Escobar
  • , Paulo Leica
  • , Oscar Camacho
  • , Danilo Chavez
  • Escuela Politecnica Nacional

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Abstract

This article presents the design, simulation and comparison between two controllers, each based on the PID and sliding mode control (SMC) strategies, of an AUV that is tracking a square trajectory while maritime disturbances and mass addition are present. For this purpose, a cascade loop controller was implemented. Inside this loop, an external controller computed the references to an internal controller which control laws were directly applied to the entire non-linear model. This work designs two different internal controllers based on the strategies mentioned above and relying on the dynamic model of the AUV. In addition, these controllers share the same external controller which is a non-linear PID relying on the cinematic model. In order to measure the performance of each controller, the results were quantified by using Error Indexes. Also, a robustness test was implemented. Advantages and disadvantages about using these controllers were briefly discussed. It revealed a better error correction when the robust controller was used.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 IEEE 3rd Colombian Conference on Automatic Control, CCAC 2017 - Conference Proceedings
EditorsDiego Patino, Eugenio Yime
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1-6
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538603987
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jul 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd IEEE Colombian Conference on Automatic Control, CCAC 2017 - Cartagena, Colombia
Duration: 18 Oct 201720 Oct 2017

Publication series

Name2017 IEEE 3rd Colombian Conference on Automatic Control, CCAC 2017 - Conference Proceedings
Volume2018-January

Conference

Conference3rd IEEE Colombian Conference on Automatic Control, CCAC 2017
Country/TerritoryColombia
CityCartagena
Period18/10/1720/10/17

Keywords

  • AUV
  • Non-linear control
  • PID
  • Sliding Mode Control
  • maritime disturbances

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