Line following guidance control: Application to the Charlie unmanned surface vehicle

摘要

A line following guidance solution for underactuated marine systems is presented. The approach differs from other ones known in the literature in the definition of the error variables to be stabilized to zero. The proposed guidance technique has been applied to the Charlie USV (Unmanned Surface Vehicle), developed by CNR-ISSIA Autonomous robotic systems and control group, and experimental results are presented.