<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper proposes an improved Model Predictive Control (MPC) approach including a fuzzy compensator in order to track desired trajectories of autonomous Underwater Vehicle Manipulator Systems (UVMS). The tracking performance can be affected by robot dynamical model uncertainties and applied external disturbances. Nevertheless, the MPC as a known proficient nonlinear control approach should be improved by the uncertainty estimator and disturbance compensator particularly in high nonlinear circumstances such as underwater environment in which operation of the UVMS is extremely impressed by added nonlinear terms to its model. In this research, a new methodology is proposed to promote robustness virtue of MPC that is done by designing a fuzzy compensator based on the uncertainty and disturbance estimation in order to reduce or even omit undesired effects of these perturbations. The proposed control design is compared with conventional MPC control approach to confirm the superiority of the proposed approach in terms of robustness against uncertainties, guaranteed stability and precision.</p></abstract>

This paper proposes an improved Model Predictive Control (MPC) approach including a fuzzy compensator in order to track desired trajectories of autonomous Underwater Vehicle Manipulator Systems (UVMS). The tracking performance can be affected by robot dynamical model uncertainties and applied external disturbances. Nevertheless, the MPC as a known proficient nonlinear control approach should be improved by the uncertainty estimator and disturbance compensator particularly in high nonlinear circumstances such as underwater environment in which operation of the UVMS is extremely impressed by added nonlinear terms to its model. In this research, a new methodology is proposed to promote robustness virtue of MPC that is done by designing a fuzzy compensator based on the uncertainty and disturbance estimation in order to reduce or even omit undesired effects of these perturbations. The proposed control design is compared with conventional MPC control approach to confirm the superiority of the proposed approach in terms of robustness against uncertainties, guaranteed stability and precision.

Robust Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle – Manipulator System with Fuzzy Compensator

Polish Maritime Research

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This paper proposes an improved Model Predictive Control (MPC) approach including a fuzzy compensator in order to track desired trajectories of autonomous...

Robust Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle – Manipulator System with Fuzzy Compensator

Published Online: Jul 12, 2019

Page range: 104 - 114

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2019-0030

Keywords
UVMS, Model Predictive Control, Fuzzy Compensator

© 2019 Hossein Nejatbakhsh Esfahani, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Robust Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle – Manipulator System with Fuzzy Compensator

Published Online: Jul 12, 2019

Page range: 104 - 114

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2019-0030

KeywordsUVMS, Model Predictive Control, Fuzzy Compensator

© 2019 Hossein Nejatbakhsh Esfahani, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
UVMS, Model Predictive Control, Fuzzy Compensator