“Straight-Line Target Tracking for Unmanned Surface Vehicles”

Authors: Morten Breivik, Vegard E. Hovstein and Thor I. Fossen,
Affiliation: NTNU, Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures, NTNU, Department of Engineering Cybernetics and Maritime Robotics
Reference: 2008, Vol 29, No 4, pp. 131-149.

Keywords: Target Tracking, Unmanned Surface Vehicles, High Speed Motion, Underactuation, Constant Bearing Guidance, Velocity Control System, Full-Scale Experiments

Abstract: This paper considers the subject of straight-line target tracking for unmanned surface vehicles (USVs). Target-tracking represents motion control scenarios where no information about the target behavior is known in advance, i.e., the path that the target traverses is not defined apriori. Specifically, this work presents the design of a motion control system which enables an underactuated USV to track a target that moves in a straight line at high speed. The motion control system employs a guidance principle originally developed for interceptor missiles, as well as a novel velocity controller inspired by maneuverability and agility concepts found in fighter aircraft literature. The performance of the suggested design is illustrated through full-scale USV experiments in the Trondheimsfjord.

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BibTeX:
@article{MIC-2008-4-2,
  title={{Straight-Line Target Tracking for Unmanned Surface Vehicles}},
  author={Breivik, Morten and Hovstein, Vegard E. and Fossen, Thor I.},
  journal={Modeling, Identification and Control},
  volume={29},
  number={4},
  pages={131--149},
  year={2008},
  doi={10.4173/mic.2008.4.2},
  publisher={Norwegian Society of Automatic Control}
};