Tube-Based Event-Triggered Path Tracking for AUV against Disturbances and Parametric Uncertainties

Abstract

In order to enhance the performance of disturbance rejection in AUV’s path tracking, this paper proposes a novel tube-based event-triggered path-tracking strategy. The proposed tracking strategy consists of a speed control law and an event-triggered tube model predictive control (tube MPC) scheme. Firstly, the speed control law using linear model predictive control (LMPC) technology is obtained to converge the nominal path-tracking deviation. Secondly, the event-triggered tube MPC scheme is used to calculate the optimal control input, which can enhance the performance of disturbance rejection. Considering the nonlinear hydrodynamic characteristics of AUV, a linear matrix inequality (LMI) is formulated to obtain tight constraints on the AUV and the feedback matrix. Moreover, to enhance real-time performance, tight constraints and the feedback matrix are all calculated offline. An event-triggering mechanism is used. When the surge speed change command does not exceed the upper bound, adaptive tight constraints are obtained. Finally, numerical simulation results show that the proposed tube-based event-triggered path-tracking strategy can enhance the performance of disturbance rejection and ensure good real-time performance.