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Autonomous cooperative formation control of underactuated USVs based on improved MPC in complex ocean environment

Dong, Zaopeng; Zhang, Zhengqi; Qi, Shijie; Zhang, Haisheng; Li, Jiakang; Liu, Yuanchang; (2023) Autonomous cooperative formation control of underactuated USVs based on improved MPC in complex ocean environment. Ocean Engineering , 270 , Article 11363. 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.113633. Green open access

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Abstract

A dual model predictive control (DMPC) method based on virtual trajectory is proposed in this paper, in order to achieve autonomous cooperative formation control of underactuated unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) in complex ocean environment. Firstly, the formation tracking error model of the USVs is designed, and considering the large initial state tracking error of USVs, a virtual transition trajectory is put forward to guide the design of tracking controller. To solve the mutation problem caused by misalignment of the follower USV's desired trajectory in the early stage, an improved differential tracker is introduced into virtual leader USV to smooth the desired trajectory of the follower USV. In addition, a dual mode switching strategy is designed to decide when and how to quit the transition of the virtual USV. A nonlinear disturbance observer is introduced to compensate the complex marine environment interference. Finally, by introducing terminal penalty function and linear state feedback controller, the Lyapunov function is constructed to prove the control stability of the proposed model predictive control method in finite time domain, and the effectiveness and reliability of the proposed method are verified by simulation experiments.

Type: Article
Title: Autonomous cooperative formation control of underactuated USVs based on improved MPC in complex ocean environment
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.113633
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.113633
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Unmanned surface vehicle (USV); leader-follower; cooperative formation control; model predictive control (MPC); virtual transition trajectory
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10163272
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