Adaptive Kinematic Control for the Trajectory Tracking of Unmanned Surface Vehicle with Unknown Ocean Currents

Abstract

The problem of trajectory-tracking for Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) is presented using a robust adaptive approach. First, a virtual velocity command is developed using backstepping control to ensure the traj ectory tracking of the USV's location and orientation. Then, an adaptive update law is designed for the estimation and compensation of ocean currents disturbances acting on the USV system. The stability analysis and the computation of the adaptive laws are proved using Lyapunov stability. Simulation results show the validity of the proposed method for the trajectory tracking problem.