journal article·2023-03-17Open access

Motion Control of Autonomous Underwater Helicopter Based on Linear Active Disturbance Rejection Control with Tracking Differentiator

Haoda Li, Xinyu An, Rendong Feng, Ying Chen

Applied Sciences· Volume 13· Issue 6

Abstract

As a new disk-shaped autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), the autonomous underwater helicopter (AUH) is devoted to subsea operations, usually diving into the seabed and docking with a subsea docking system. Due to the motion control’s performance, the AUH’s stability and steady-state accuracy are affected remarkably while docking. Moreover, considering the difficulties of hydrodynamic modeling of AUHs, the classical model-based control method is unsuitable for AUHs. Moreover, there is a large gap between the hydrodynamic simulation results and real situations. Hence, based on the data-driven principle, the linear active disturbance rejection control with a tracking differentiator (LADRC-TD) algorithm is employed for AUH depths and heading control. As the simulation experiments prove, LADRC and LADRC-TD have better anti-interference performance when compared with PID. According to the pool experiments, overshoots of the LADRC-TD are 20 cm and 3° for the depth control and heading control, respectively, which are superior to PID and LADRC. Meanwhile, the steady-state accuracy of the LADRC-TD is ±21 cm and ±2.5° for the depth and heading control, respectively, which is inferior to PID and the same as LADRC.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems · Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems · Robotic Path Planning Algorithms

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Affiliations

Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China

Hainan Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya 572025, China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · National Key R & D Program of China

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