Trajectory Tracking Controller Based on Linear Algebra: a case study in underactuated surface vessels

The main difficulty in the control of an underactuated system is that the system has more outputs to be controlled than the number of independent inputs. In this paper a novel trajectory tracking controller designed originally for robotic systems is applied for underactuated surface ships. A simple...

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Autores: Serrano, Mario Emanuel, Scaglia, Gustavo Juan Eduardo, Mut, Vicente Antonio, Ortiz, Oscar Alberto, Jordan, Mario Alberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/28318
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/28318
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Control System Design
Linear Algebra
Nonlinear Model
Tracking Trajectory Control
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Sumario:The main difficulty in the control of an underactuated system is that the system has more outputs to be controlled than the number of independent inputs. In this paper a novel trajectory tracking controller designed originally for robotic systems is applied for underactuated surface ships. A simple approach is proposed to track trajectories, knowing the desired state, a value for the control action needed to force the system to go from its current state to a desired one can be obtained. Its main advantage is that the condition for the tracking error tends to zero and the calculation of control actions, are obtained solving a system of linear equations. In addition, the convergence to zero of tracking errors and simulation results are included in this article.