Experimental and Numerical Study on Trajectory Tracking of Remotely Operated Vehicles Involved in Cleaning Aquaculture Vessels

Efficient cleaning is crucial in aquaculture vessels; however, Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) encounter difficulties in regard to trajectory tracking within confined chambers, because of structural nonlinearities and environmental disturbances. To address these challenges, this paper proposes a m...

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Main Authors: Hua Zhang, Shuangxi Xu, Yonghe Xie
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-12-01
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description Efficient cleaning is crucial in aquaculture vessels; however, Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) encounter difficulties in regard to trajectory tracking within confined chambers, because of structural nonlinearities and environmental disturbances. To address these challenges, this paper proposes a multi-scale dynamic sliding mode adaptive control (MDSMAC) scheme to compensate for the effects of structural nonlinearities and external disturbances, achieving precise trajectory tracking. Based on a six-degree-of-freedom motion model, an adaptive multi-scale sliding mode control mechanism is designed, enabling the system to adapt to scale variations and environmental disturbances, enhancing control accuracy and robustness. The asymptotic stability of the system is rigorously proven using the second Lyapunov method. The numerical simulation results show that the proposed method exhibits superior robustness to external disturbances and high precision in complex environments, confirming its long-term stability. Water tank experiments were conducted to further evaluate the trajectory tracking performance of the method under nonlinear system control. The results show the high level of feasibility and strong potential of the approach for practical applications.
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spelling doaj-art-5d242e5b52cc4f528fefdb7a2c02bb002025-01-24T13:36:42ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122024-12-011315610.3390/jmse13010056Experimental and Numerical Study on Trajectory Tracking of Remotely Operated Vehicles Involved in Cleaning Aquaculture VesselsHua Zhang0Shuangxi Xu1Yonghe Xie2School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, ChinaSchool of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, ChinaSchool of Naval Architecture and Maritime, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, ChinaEfficient cleaning is crucial in aquaculture vessels; however, Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) encounter difficulties in regard to trajectory tracking within confined chambers, because of structural nonlinearities and environmental disturbances. To address these challenges, this paper proposes a multi-scale dynamic sliding mode adaptive control (MDSMAC) scheme to compensate for the effects of structural nonlinearities and external disturbances, achieving precise trajectory tracking. Based on a six-degree-of-freedom motion model, an adaptive multi-scale sliding mode control mechanism is designed, enabling the system to adapt to scale variations and environmental disturbances, enhancing control accuracy and robustness. The asymptotic stability of the system is rigorously proven using the second Lyapunov method. The numerical simulation results show that the proposed method exhibits superior robustness to external disturbances and high precision in complex environments, confirming its long-term stability. Water tank experiments were conducted to further evaluate the trajectory tracking performance of the method under nonlinear system control. The results show the high level of feasibility and strong potential of the approach for practical applications.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13/1/56remotely operated vehiclemulti-scale sliding mode controltrajectory trackingnonlinear system controlaquaculture vessels
spellingShingle Hua Zhang
Shuangxi Xu
Yonghe Xie
Experimental and Numerical Study on Trajectory Tracking of Remotely Operated Vehicles Involved in Cleaning Aquaculture Vessels
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
remotely operated vehicle
multi-scale sliding mode control
trajectory tracking
nonlinear system control
aquaculture vessels
title Experimental and Numerical Study on Trajectory Tracking of Remotely Operated Vehicles Involved in Cleaning Aquaculture Vessels
title_full Experimental and Numerical Study on Trajectory Tracking of Remotely Operated Vehicles Involved in Cleaning Aquaculture Vessels
title_fullStr Experimental and Numerical Study on Trajectory Tracking of Remotely Operated Vehicles Involved in Cleaning Aquaculture Vessels
title_full_unstemmed Experimental and Numerical Study on Trajectory Tracking of Remotely Operated Vehicles Involved in Cleaning Aquaculture Vessels
title_short Experimental and Numerical Study on Trajectory Tracking of Remotely Operated Vehicles Involved in Cleaning Aquaculture Vessels
title_sort experimental and numerical study on trajectory tracking of remotely operated vehicles involved in cleaning aquaculture vessels
topic remotely operated vehicle
multi-scale sliding mode control
trajectory tracking
nonlinear system control
aquaculture vessels
url https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13/1/56
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