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Predictive path following based on adaptive line-of-sight for underactuated autonomous surface vessels

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Underactuated autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) have stringent requirements on automatically tracking a predefined path. This paper proposes a model predictive control (MPC) approach based on adaptive line-of-sight (LOS) guidance for path following of ASVs. For the controller, a second-order nonlinear Nomoto model with disturbances is proposed as the vessel dynamic motion model after reviewing and comparing different ship motion models applied for path following control. For the guidance system, a novel adaptive LOS guidance with a variable acceptance circle radius is proposed to improve the precision of reference path tracking. Specifically, the acceptance circle radius is adapted with the angle between two adjacent straight segments of a reference path. Simulation experiments illustrate that the LOS guidance system with a variable acceptance circle radius results in smaller tracking errors compared with the fixed acceptance circle radius. The proposed path following method can track reference paths well even in the face of disturbances.

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Acknowledgements

This research is supported by the China Scholarship Council under Grant 201506950053, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Project (Project 61273234), the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province Project (Project 2015CFA111), and the Project of Ministry of Transport, China (Project 2015326548030).

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  1. National Engineering Research Center for Water Transport Safety, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430063, People’s Republic of China

    Chenguang Liu & Xiumin Chu

  2. Department of Maritime and Transport Technology, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CD, Delft, The Netherlands

    Chenguang Liu, Rudy R. Negenborn & Huarong Zheng

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Liu, C., Negenborn, R.R., Chu, X. et al. Predictive path following based on adaptive line-of-sight for underactuated autonomous surface vessels. J Mar Sci Technol 23, 483–494 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00773-017-0486-2

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