Hovering Control of an Underwater Vehicle

Abstract

This paper aims to achieve the hovering control of an underwater vehicle with uncertain parameters based on cascade PID. First, the inner loops for each channels are designed respectively. Then, the outer loops including depth controller, horizontal position controller and yaw controller are designed. The vector transformation method are used to force the vehicle to approach the target point along approximately straight line in the horizontal plane. Simulation results demonstrate the stability and validity of the proposed method.