Xin Li, Daqi Zhu, Bing Sun, Qi Chen, Wenyang Gan, and Zhigang Li
Formation tracking, sliding-mode control, adaptive control, leader–follower, water flow
In this paper, formation tracking for a multi-AUV system (MAS) using an improved adaptive sliding-mode control method is studied in the three-dimensional (3-D) underwater environment. Firstly, the kinematics model and the dynamic model of the autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are given as the six dimensions of freedom (6-DOF) considered. Then, control law based on the mathematical model of the AUVs is proposed based on the improved sliding-mode method. A second-order sliding-mode control method is adopted to eliminate the chatting phenomenon of the controller. Thirdly, considering the water flow in the underwater working environment of the AUVs, an adaptive module is added to the controller. With the adaptive approach, the finite disturbances caused by water flow could be handled with the controller. The proposed method achieves stability by substituting an adaptive continuous term for the switching term in the controller. At last, a robust sliding-mode controller with continuous model predictive control strategy for the multi-AUV system is developed to achieve leader–follower formation tracking under the presence of bounded flow disturbances, and simulations are implemented to confirm the effectiveness of the proposed method.
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