Reference Model-Based Deterministic Policy for Pitch and Depth Control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

J Du, D Zhou, W Wang, S Arai - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) algorithm is an optimal control method with
generalization capacity for complex nonlinear coupled systems. However, the DRL agent …

Experimental evaluation on depth control using improved model predictive control for autonomous underwater vehicle (AUVs)

F Yao, C Yang, X Liu, M Zhang - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Due to the growing interest using model predictive control (MPC), there are more and more
researches about the applications of MPC on autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), and …

Prediction-Based Region Tracking Control Scheme for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

T Lv, M Zhang, Y Wang - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper addresses the region tracking control problem for an autonomous underwater
vehicle (AUV) and proposes a prediction-based region tracking control (PRTC) scheme for …

Research on motion attitude control of under-actuated autonomous underwater vehicle based on deep reinforcement learning

J Jiang, R Zhang, Y Fang, X Wang - Journal of Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract This paper adopts Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG) algorithm in Deep
Reinforcement Learning (DRL) to analyse the eca_a9 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle …

Norm-based robust pitch channel control of an autonomous underwater vehicle

RP Desai, NS Manjarekar - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2021 - Elsevier
An uncertain ocean environment demands robust control to manoeuvre autonomous
underwater vehicle (AUV) to achieve the control objectives. The desired depth of the vehicle …

Nonlinear model predictive control applied to an autonomous underwater vehicle

RM Saback, AGS Conceicao… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an experimental analysis of a nonlinear model predictive controller
combined with an integral sliding mode control component and an explicit dead-time …

Model-free control of underwater vehicle-manipulator system interacting with unknown environments

X Yang, C Chen, J Yan, C Hua, X Guan - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The underwater vehicle-manipulator (UVM) interaction tasks require that UVM can adapt to
different environments and have good stability properties. However, the complicated …

Robust depth control of a hybrid autonomous underwater vehicle with propeller torque's effect and model uncertainty

HN Tran, TNN Pham, SH Choi - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a study of depth tracking controller design for a hybrid AUV in the
presence of model uncertainty and propeller torque's effect. Firstly, the six degrees of …

A robust model predictive path following controller for an autonomous underwater vehicle

BN Rath, B Subudhi - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
A robust model predictive controller (RMPC) based on the H∞ criterion is proposed for
accomplishing effective path following motion plan of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle …

AUV position tracking and trajectory control based on fast-deployed deep reinforcement learning method

Y Fang, Z Huang, J Pu, J Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Aiming at the difficult problem of motion control of under-actuated and X-rudder autonomous
underwater vehicle (AUV), the present work adopts deep reinforcement learning (DRL) …