• DocumentCode
    2353506
  • Title

    A nonlinear sliding mode autopilot for unmanned undersea vehicles

  • Author

    Hills, S.J. ; Yoerger, D.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Project, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, RI, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    13-16 Sep 1994
  • Abstract
    A nonlinear sliding mode autopilot has been designed to control the United States Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR) unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs). The paper discusses the selection process behind the choice of the sliding mode technique, and the design of the autopilot. This autopilot has been successfully demonstrated at sea and test data are presented. The autopilot has exhibited excellent dynamic control, performing manoeuvres at a range of different speeds
  • Keywords
    controllers; marine systems; military systems; mobile robots; motion control; nonlinear control systems; robot kinematics; testing; variable structure systems; United States Navy unmanned undersea vehicles; design; dynamic control; manoeuvres; nonlinear sliding mode autopilot; selection process; test data; Batteries; Communication system control; Equations; Fabrication; Payloads; Propulsion; Sliding mode control; Sonar measurements; Sonar navigation; Vehicle dynamics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OCEANS '94. 'Oceans Engineering for Today's Technology and Tomorrow's Preservation.' Proceedings
  • Conference_Location
    Brest
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-2056-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OCEANS.1994.364178
  • Filename
    364178