Control System Design for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Abstract

This paper presents adaptive control system for the autonomous underwater vehicle. A nonlinear interrelated dynamic model of the underwater vehicle is considered. The novelty of developed control system is in use of positional-trajectory control method. This means feasibility of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle in complicated trajectories with relatively small computational resources. Adaptation of the control system is based on robust disturbances estimation. Modeling results validate proposed methods.