基于改进量子粒子群算法的AUV路径规划研究

针对海洋环境下自主水下机器人（AUV）的路径规划问题,提出了一种基于框架四叉树的改进量子粒子群算法（QPSO）,首先使用框架四叉树的方法对障碍物建模,该方法提高了建模的精度且对后续算法的效率也有极大的改进,之后设计改进的量子粒子群算法,并且结合水下环境的特殊性设计适应度函数,综合考虑航线路径长度、偏转角度以及海流影响,使得算法可以在水下环境中寻得能耗最短的解路径。最后通过仿真试验验证,相比于传统的栅格法和粒子群算法,改进量子粒子群算法的运算时间更短,收敛速度更快,其独特的适应度函数可以使AUV能更好适应水下多变的环境,且能利用海流设计能耗更小的路径,具有很大的实用价值。     

一种基于有限状态机模型的局部转向避碰路径规划算法

针对多礁石、渔船等障碍物的近海复杂环境下的一些应用,提出了一种基于有限状态机(finite-state machine,FSM)模型的无人船(unmanned surface vehicle,USV)局部转向避碰路径规划算法。首先,基于速度障碍法和障碍物区域分层方法,获取无人船固定航速条件下的航向角约束解析结果。然后,基于该约束条件及障碍物探测情况设计FSM的有限状态及执行动作和状态迁移条件,其中,通过转向控制实现向目标位点或缓冲位点进行导航的状态为FSM的2个重要状态。最终通过FSM的执行实现局部转向避碰路径规划。仿真结果表明提出的多障碍物避碰算法具有可行性和实用性。该方法易于改进和扩展,且容易与当前主流的无人船控制系统结合,有利于无人船避碰系统快速工程化的实现。     

基于RBF-MPC的水下机器人避碰控制

水下机器人避碰控制是自主作业的重要基础,但复杂的约束条件和模型的不精确性增加了避障路径跟踪的技术难度。在传统模型预测控制的基础上,结合作业场景多种约束条件,引入径向基函数神经网络,提出了一种水平面避碰控制方法。首先,采用径向基神经网络建立误差补偿函数,提高传统动力学预测模型精度;然后,结合避碰路径跟踪控制,在滚动优化环节选取性能指标函数,并显式引入障碍物、执行机构与控制稳定性等约束条件;最后,通过仿真试验证明该方法能够控制水下机器人跟踪避碰路径实现水平面内障碍物规避。     

基于分区自适应阈值的声呐障碍物检测算法研究

针对UUV避碰声呐探测障碍物过程中自主选择分割阈值进行障碍物检测的问题,提出了基于分区自适应阈值的障碍物检测算法。首先将避碰声呐图像均匀分为相同大小的图像块,对每个图像块基于最大类间方差算法确定该区域障碍物图像分割的高低阈值,然后对检测到的障碍物进行形态学处理去除孤立噪声点,对目标区域进行连通性分析及内部空洞处理,最终得到完整的障碍物轮廓信息。通过湖试数据验证表明了该方法对声呐障碍物检测的有效性。     

一种用于水下无人航行器的局部避碰路径规划方法研究

研究水下无人航行器(UUV)的局部自动避碰路径规划,对人工势场法和速度障碍法进行改进, 提出一种在三维空间重新分配斥力的方法,联合应用人工势场法和速度障碍法,建立人工模拟势场求得合力, 通过合力的方向指引水下无人航行器航行,完成对动态静态障碍物的避让。仿真结果表明：该方法能有效在动静态混合环境下完成避碰,且平滑处理后的路径更符合水下无人航行器实际航行避碰操纵控制要求。     

多AUV集群控制技术综述

多 AUV 集群控制是指通过多 AUV 相互协调完成特定的作战任务,需要解决的具体问题包括协同编队、协同导航、任务分配、通讯机制、协同定位、避碰和避障等。多 AUV 集群控制技术注重系统的冗余性和时效性,系统对个体的失效具有鲁棒性。系统性地阐述了集群控制技术的理论研究现状,探讨了多 AUV 集群控制需要解决的关键技术问题,对比了目前各类先进集群控制算法的优缺点,最后结合理论研究和 AUV 集群控制技术发展现状对集群控制技术发展进行了展望。     

一种基于超短基线定位的便携式AUV回坞导航方法

自主水下机器人(AUV)对接技术是目前水下机器人的研究热点,精确可靠的AUV的回坞导航是实现对接的关键技术。对于追求轻便的便携式AUV的对接系统,考虑到便携式AUV的搭载能力有限又需要足够的定位精度用于对接,提出了一种基于超短基线(USBL)定位的回坞导航方法,该方法让AUV只需装载电子罗盘和水声应答器就能完成精确的回坞定位。根据导航方法的特点,设计了一种改进的扩展卡尔曼滤波算法,其优点是能在处理滞后的USBL数据的同时动态估算海流、更新状态方程以消除海流造成的定位误差。通过湖试和大量仿真实验,验证了定位算法在海流影响下的定位性能。     

重力梯度仪在水下安全航行中的应用

介绍了重力梯度仪的测量原理,提出在潜航器上配备重力梯度仪,利用其对距离变化敏感的特性,通过连续的观测,可以探测出载体有效机动范围内存在的障碍物,并实现避碰,从而保证潜航器在水下的安全航行。     

多自主式水下航行器协同控制的人工物理法研究

对水下多自主式水下航行器(Autonomous Underwater Vehicle,AUV)的编队协同控制和队形重构技术进行研究是水下AUV系统协同完成作业任务的重要研究内容。人工物理法通过设定虚拟的物理力完成机器人速度和方向信息的计算,并根据结果进行实时控制。由于分布式具有对水下传感信息和通信的依赖度较低的控制特点,因此可以很好的应用于可扩展的水下多AUV协同控制中。本文采用人工物理法完成多AUV的队形协同控制,研究了7个AUV采用人工物理法保持六边形队形,进行编队控制穿越障碍区间,AUV通过传感器探测外界环境,获得相关环境信息并确定障碍物的位置;AUV编队在穿越障碍区间时转换为一字队形,并采用边界检测法,沿边行走绕过障碍物;在穿越障碍区间后,AUV编队再次转换为六边形;依据判决条件完成多智能体控制的模态转换,进行队形重构。仿真结果证明本章所提方法的有效性,并具有较好的适时性与柔性。     

多AUV系统的自适应有限时间一致性跟踪控制

本文将自适应技术与有限时间技术相结合,研究了分布式自治水下机器人(Autonomous Underwater Vehicle,简称AUV)系统的自适应有限时间一致性跟踪控制问题。首先,应用图论相关知识描述多AUV间的通信拓扑;其次,对每个跟随AUV的运动与受力进行了分析,建立了基于位置姿态与速度姿态的二阶系统模型;然后,设计了非奇异快速终端滑模,并基于此对每个跟随AUV构建了连续分布式控制律,利用自适应律估计阻尼,恢复力和外部干扰的上界;最后,利用SIMULINK仿真来验证跟随AUV的位置与速度跟踪效果,直观地阐明了本文所提算法的有效性。     

基于无人船的水质监测及控制系统设计

针对执行水质监测任务过程中固定浮标监测站单点监测存在局限性、船载观测人员取样耗时耗力等问题,本文设计了一种搭载多点、分层自动采水取样装置的智能无人船水质监测系统,可实现目标水域的多点、分层连续水质数据测量及取样。该智能无人船具备基于快速随机树(Rapid Random Tree)算法的自主避障和快速路径规划功能,解决了现有无人船技术存在的多障碍自主路径规划难等问题。同时,本设计结合了ARM9控制芯片、M5310无线传输模块,通过可视化的显示界面和远程WEB访问的功能,大大提升了科研人员及时处理特殊情况便捷性。通过实验测试及比对分析,证明本设计具有智能高效、稳定可靠等优点,能够满足职能部门对于水质监测工作的需要。     

Radar-based collision avoidance for unmanned surface vehicles

Unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) have become a focus of research because of their extensive applications. To ensure safety and reliability and to perform complex tasks autonomously, USVs are required to possess accurate perception of the environment and effective collision avoidance capabilities. To achieve these, investigation into realtime marine radar target detection and autonomous collision avoidance technologies is required, aiming at solving the problems of noise jamming, uneven brightness, target loss, and blind areas in marine radar images. These technologies should also satisfy the requirements of real-time and reliability related to high navigation speeds of USVs. Therefore, this study developed an embedded collision avoidance system based on the marine radar, investigated a highly real-time target detection method which contains adaptive smoothing algorithm and robust segmentation algorithm, developed a stable and reliable dynamic local environment model to ensure the safety of USV navigation, and constructed a collision avoidance algorithm based on velocity obstacle (V-obstacle) which adjusts the USV’s heading and speed in real-time. Sea trials results in multi-obstacle avoidance firstly demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed avoidance system, and then verify its great adaptability and relative stability when a USV sailing in a real and complex marine environment. The obtained results will improve the intelligent level of USV and guarantee the safety of USV independent sailing.     

A three-dimensional theory for the development and migration of deep sea sedimentary waves

A perturbation model is presented for a velocity field of a bottom current flowing over a sinusoidal topography or an obstacle. The model extends existing theory by taking into account the three-dimensional Coriolis vector and an initial horizontal velocity vector at any orientation. One possible mechanism of the development of sedimentary waves in the vicinity of an obstacle by an arbitrarily oriented initial horizontal current is analyzed in detail. Space-stationary fluid particle oscillations are initiated on the downstream side of an obstacle, which can result in sedimentary waves. The model shows that their wavelength depends on latitude, water depth, obstacle width and orientation as well as the initial current direction and intensity. The model defines intervals for current velocities normal to the wave crest, for which the sedimentary waves grow (or are destroyed) or migrate in a certain direction. Information derived from bathymetric and seismic surveys, such as wavelength, height, orientation and migration direction of mudwaves, can be used to calculate the velocity component across the wave crest and to estimate the current direction, as is demonstrated for an example from the Argentine Basin (Project MUDWAVES, Site 5).     

Design and experiment of a small boat track-keeping autopilot

A real time kinematic (RTK), GPS-based, track-keeping control of a small boat is discussed in this paper. The internal model control (IMC) method is adopted in the autopilot design and the controller is recast in the PID controller format that is characterized by its simple structure and relative ease of implementation. The track-keeping mission is achieved through a sequence of course-changing maneuvers and the reference heading is computed with the line-of-sight (LOS) guidance law. Path planning based on Bezier curves to achieve obstacle avoidance is investigated. First, computer simulations are carried out to find the feasible controller design parameter that achieves satisfactory simulation results. Then the feasible controller design parameter is applied in the small-boat-based experiments to demonstrate the practical use of the proposed autopilot design method.     

Multi-Behavior Fusion Based Potential Field Method for Path Planning of Unmanned Surface Vessel

The problem of the unmanned surface vessel(USV) path planning in static and dynamic obstacle environments is addressed in this paper. Multi-behavior fusion based potential field method is proposed, which contains three behaviors: goal-seeking, boundary-memory following and dynamic-obstacle avoidance. Then, different activation conditions are designed to determine the current behavior. Meanwhile, information on the positions, velocities and the equation of motion for obstacles are detected and calculated by sensor data. Besides, memory information is introduced into the boundary following behavior to enhance cognition capability for the obstacles, and avoid local minima problem caused by the potential field method. Finally, the results of theoretical analysis and simulation show that the collision-free path can be generated for USV within different obstacle environments, and further validated the performance and effectiveness of the presented strategy.     

Parallel trajectory planning for shipborne Autonomous collision avoidance system

Collision at sea is always a significant issue affecting the safety of ship navigation. The shipborne autonomous collision avoidance system (SACAS) has the great advantage to minimize collision accidents in ship navigation. A parallel trajectory planning architecture is proposed in this paper for SACAS system. The fully-coupled deliberative planner based on the modified RRT algorithm is developed to search for optimal global trajectory in a low re-planning frequency. The fully-coupled reactive planner based on the modified DW algorithm is developed to generate the optimal local trajectory in a high re-planning frequency to counteract the unexpected behavior of dynamic obstacles in the vicinity of the vessel. The obstacle constraints, ship maneuvering constraints, COLREGs rules, trajectory optimality, and real-time requirements are satisfied simultaneously in both global and local planning to ensure the collision-free optimal navigation in compliance with COLREGs rules. The on-water tests of a trimaran model equipped with a model-scale SACAS system are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed algorithm. The good balance between the computational efficiency and trajectory optimality is achieved in parallel trajectory planning.     

Deformation of monochromatic water wave trains propagating over a submerged obstacle in the presence of uniform currents

A nonlinear numerical model based on depth averaged equations and a relevant physical model have been investigated for the deformation of the water wave propagating over a submerged parabolic obstacle in the presence of uniform current. Physical and numerical modeling for wave with both following and opposing currents are done to explore the wave evolutions during passage over the submerged obstacle. A third-order Stokes dispersion relation is utilized in some cases in the computation. Separated flow zone is taken into consideration by two empirical equations obtained from the physical model testing done by the authors. Verification and validation of the numerical model by other published theoretical and experimental data are presented.