Review of sliding mode control application in autonomous underwater vehicles

973-984This paper presents a review of sliding mode control for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). The AUVs are used under water operating in the presence of uncertainties (due to hydrodynamics coefficients) and external disturbances (due to water currents, waves, etc.). Sliding mode controller is one of the nonlinear robust controllers which is robust towards uncertainties, parameter variations and external disturbances. The evolution of sliding mode control in motion control studies of autonomous underwater vehicles is summarized throughout for the last three decades. The performance of the controller is examined based on the chattering reduction, accuracy (steady state error reduction), and robustness against perturbation. The review on sliding mode control for AUVs provides insights for readers to design new techniques and algorithms, to enhance the existing family of sliding mode control strategies into a new one or to merge and re-supervise the control techniques with other control strategies, in which, the aim is to obtain good controller design for AUVs in terms of great performance, stability and robustness

Motion control and path optimization of intelligent AUV using fuzzy adaptive PID and improved genetic algorithm

This study discusses the application of fuzzy adaptive PID and improved genetic algorithm (IGA) in motion control and path optimization of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The fuzzy adaptive PID method is selected because it is considered to be a strongly nonlinear and coupled system. First, this study creates the basic coordinate system of the AUV, and then analyzes the spatial force from the AUV to obtain the control model of the heading angle, climb angle, and depth. Next, the knowledge of fuzzy adaptive PID and IGA technology on AVU are investigated, then fuzzy adaptive PID controllers and path optimization are established, and experimental simulations are carried out to compare and analyze the simulation results. The research results show that controllers and IGA can be used for the motion control and path optimization of AUV. The advantages of fuzzy adaptive PID control are less overload, enhanced system stability, and more suitable for motion control and path optimization of AUV