Feedforward and Feedback Optimal Control of Autonomous Profiling Monitoring Underwater Vehicle with Disturbance

Abstract

The optimal control of autonomous profiling monitoring underwater vehicle (APMUV) is investigated. Firstly, dynamics equations in vertical plane with disturbances are constructed, and the equations are converted into a linear system by feedback linearization method and then feedforward and feedback optimal control (FFOC) law is designed for the linear system. To solve the unpractical problem of the control law, we construct a disturbance observer to observe the system states to make a quick convergance of the observed system states. Numerical simulations show the effectiveness of the control scheme