TY - JOUR
T1 - Platooning Control for Sailboats Using a Tack Strategy
AU - Viel, C.
AU - Vautier, U.
AU - Wan, J.
AU - Jaulin, L.
PY - 2019/9
Y1 - 2019/9
N2 - This paper addresses the problem of platooning control for a fleet of sailboats. A quadrilateral path is proposed to avoid going into the wind. A tack strategy is defined to go front the wind, stay in a short corridor and regulate the sailboat acceleration, which is a challenging task in comparison to autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) or surface vehicles that can use motors for such regulation. Desired acceleration which guarantees to reach the platooning has been derived and validated. A method of regulating the sail angle using a proportional command is proposed to control the sailboat acceleration. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
AB - This paper addresses the problem of platooning control for a fleet of sailboats. A quadrilateral path is proposed to avoid going into the wind. A tack strategy is defined to go front the wind, stay in a short corridor and regulate the sailboat acceleration, which is a challenging task in comparison to autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) or surface vehicles that can use motors for such regulation. Desired acceleration which guarantees to reach the platooning has been derived and validated. A method of regulating the sail angle using a proportional command is proposed to control the sailboat acceleration. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
KW - Autonomous sailboat
KW - non-linear control
KW - platooning
UR - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12555-018-0291-7
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85071480133&partnerID=MN8TOARS
U2 - 10.1007/s12555-018-0291-7
DO - 10.1007/s12555-018-0291-7
M3 - Article
SN - 1598-6446
VL - 17
SP - 2310
EP - 2320
JO - International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems
JF - International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems
IS - 9
ER -