A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Design and Adaptive Depth Control of a Micro Diving Agent
Authors: Bessa Wallace M., Kreuzer Edwin, Lange Johann, Pick Marc-André, Solowjow Eugen
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Publication year: 2017
Journal: IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Volume: 2
Issue: 4
First page : 1871
Last page: 1877
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2017.2714142
Web address : https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7945484
This letter presents the depth control of an autonomous micro diving agent called autonomous diving agent (ADA). ADA consists of off-the-shelf components and features open-source hardware and firmware. It can be deployed as a testbed for depth controllers, as well as a mobile sensor platform for research or in industrial tanks. We introduce a control law that is based on the feedback linearization method and enhanced by an adaptive fuzzy algorithm to cope with modeling inaccuracies. The proposed depth controller is computationally light enough to run on ADAs embedded hardware. In experiments performed in a wave tank, the adaptive fuzzy scheme shows the ability to deal with both depth regulation and depth profile tracking. ADA is even able to hold on to dynamic isobars despite external disturbances. We demonstrate that under the influence of waves, ADA describes orbital motions similar to water particles.