Guidance and control methodologies for marine vehicles: A survey

HR Karimi, Y Lu - Control Engineering Practice, 2021 - Elsevier
Offshore mechatronics systems engineering has recently received high attentions in various
sectors such as energy, transportation, etc. Specifically, offshore robotic vehicles have …

Adversarial deep reinforcement learning based robust depth tracking control for underactuated autonomous underwater vehicle

Z Wang, X Xiang, Y Duan, S Yang - Engineering Applications of Artificial …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, an adversarial deep reinforcement learning-based control method is proposed
to address the issue of robust depth tracking of an underactuated autonomous underwater …

Neural-network estimators based fault-tolerant tracking control for AUV via ADP with rudders faults and ocean current disturbance

G Che, Z Yu - Neurocomputing, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper investigates fault-tolerant tracking control problem for autonomous underwater
vehicle (AUV) with rudders faults and ocean current disturbance. The adaptive dynamic …

A hierarchical disturbance rejection depth tracking control of underactuated AUV with experimental verification

C Liu, X Xiang, L Yang, J Li, S Yang - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a hierarchical disturbance rejection depth tracking control scheme for
the underactuated autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) with comparative experimental …

Vision-based underwater inspection with portable autonomous underwater vehicle: Development, control, and evaluation

L Hong, X Wang, DS Zhang, M Zhao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the development of a portable autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)
named Shark, along with the design of its hovering control system for vision-based …

Improved super-twisting sliding mode control for ship heading with sideslip angle compensation

R Chu, Z Liu, Z Chu - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aims to improve the performance of ship heading control and reduce the tracking
error. A sideslip angle compensation method and an improved super-twisting sliding mode …

A sliding mode control for wave energy converters in presence of unknown noise and nonlinearities

S Zou, J Song, O Abdelkhalik - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
A relatively simple, optimal, and robust nonlinear Sliding Mode Control (SMC) is developed
in this paper for a novel nonlinear Wave Energy Converter (WEC). Giving that deriving an …

Heading control of unmanned marine vehicles based on an improved robust adaptive fuzzy neural network control algorithm

Z Dong, T Bao, M Zheng, X Yang, L Song… - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A robust adaptive fuzzy neural network control (RAFNNC) algorithm is proposed based on a
generalized dynamic fuzzy neural network (GDFNN), proportion–integral–differential (PID) …

On dynamic coupling effects of underwater vehicle-dual-manipulator system

X Xiong, X Xiang, Z Wang, S Yang - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a novel evaluation framework based on the proposed angular and linear
dynamic coupling factors is developed to investigate the complicated dynamic coupling …

General reinforcement learning control for AUV manoeuvring in turbulent flows

AK Lidtke, D Rijpkema, B Düz - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Turbulence induces unsteady loads on autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and may
present a significant navigation challenge. This leads to elevated risks of mission failure or …