Abstract:At present, marine autonomous surface ships (MASSs) play a huge role in marine shipping, surveying and mapping, safeguarding the rights and interests of marine space, and other maritime tasks. The cooperative operation of a swarm of MASSs can extend the scope of operation of the MASSs, and thus allow them to carry out more complex tasks. Path tracking is an important problem for the control of a swarm of MASSs. In this paper, the control of underactuated MASSs is decoupled, to control the heading and speed, re… Show more
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