Can a simple control scheme work for a formation control of multiple autonomous underwater vehicles?

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1090-1101

  Hou, Saing Paul ^a   Cheah, Chien Chern ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adaptive control; coordination control; multiple autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) systems; proportional and derivative (PD) control; shape control

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL; COORDINATION CONTROL; MULTIPLE AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; PROPORTIONAL AND DERIVATIVE CONTROLS; SHAPE CONTROL;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; BUOYANCY; CONTROLLERS; COORDINATION REACTIONS; PROPORTIONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; SUBMERSIBLES; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT; WATER CRAFT;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

EID: 80051878369     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2010.2076388     Document Type: Article

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