Advances in line-of-sight guidance for path following of autonomous marine vehicles: An overview

N Gu, D Wang, Z Peng, J Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous marine vehicles (AMVs), including autonomous surface and underwater
vehicles, are versatile means to explore, exploit, monitor, and protect marine resources and …

Observer-based finite-time control for distributed path maneuvering of underactuated unmanned surface vehicles with collision avoidance and connectivity …

N Gu, D Wang, Z Peng, L Liu - IEEE Transactions on Systems …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article addresses the distributed path maneuvering of underactuated unmanned
surface vehicles (USVs) with collision avoidance and connectivity preservation. The USVs …

Reinforcement learning based model-free optimized trajectory tracking strategy design for an AUV

K Duan, S Fong, CLP Chen - Neurocomputing, 2022 - Elsevier
Considering the fact that it is very difficult to fully model an autonomous underwater vehicle
(AUV) in the complex water environment, this paper presents a model-free tracking control …

Guaranteed performance design for formation tracking and collision avoidance of multiple USVs with disturbances and unmodeled dynamics

J Ghommam, M Saad, F Mnif, QM Zhu - IEEE Systems Journal, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Searching and containing dynamic target like oil spillage in the ocean is a challenging task
due to the natural time variance of the spread of the oil. The use of cooperative multi-marine …

Prescribed performances based fuzzy-adaptive output feedback containment control for multiple underactuated surface vessels

J Ghommam, M Saad, F Mnif - Ocean engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the problem of containment control strategy for a fleet of follower
underactuated surface vessels (USVs) for avoiding obstacles safely and efficiently if the …

Neural adaptive intermittent output feedback control for autonomous underwater vehicles with full-state quantitative designs

Y Shi, W Xie, W Chen, L Xing… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a neural adaptive intermittent output feedback control is investigated for
autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) with full-state quantitative designs (FSQDs). To …

A target tracking guidance for unmanned surface vehicles in the presence of obstacles

B Du, W Xie, W Zhang, H Chen - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dynamic target tracking technology has a broad application prospect in marine
transportation, intelligent marine monitoring, border and coastal defense, etc. However, most …

Distributed finite-time adaptive fault-tolerant formation–containment control for USVs with dynamic event-triggered mechanism

Y Wang, C Liu - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a distributed finite-time adaptive fault-tolerant formation–containment
control strategy for unmanned surface vessels (USVs) with dynamic event-triggered …

Robust wave compensation controller design for an active hexapod platform with time-varying input delays

R Yin, W Xie, Y Wen, C Zhang, W Chen, W Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we address the problem of wave motion compensation for a Stewart platform
with gangway. The kinematics and dynamics of the Stewart-Gangway system are …

Robust ride height control for active air suspension systems with multiple unmodeled dynamics and parametric uncertainties

R Zhao, W Xie, PK Wong, D Cabecinhas… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses the problem of ride height tracking for an electronically-controlled
active air suspension (AAS) system in the presence of parametric uncertainties and …