The Open Automation and Control Systems Journal

2015, 7 : 150-156
Published online 2015 March 24. DOI: 10.2174/1874444301507010150
Publisher ID: TOAUTOCJ-7-150

The Design of a Control System for an Unmanned Surface Vehicle

Wang Guo , Song Wang and Wenqiang Dun
Xueyuan Road, Beijing, China. Postcard: 100191.

ABSTRACT

There is an increasing interest in unmanned surface vehicles as a tool for reconnaissance or other littoral missions. In order to achieve tasks independently and intelligently, an automatic control system is required. Learning from other unmanned vehicles, a control system which is feasible and reliable has been designed by us. An unmanned surface vehicle equipped with this control system has been used to conduct a lake test, and the satisfactory test results show the fine ability of data processing and autonomous navigation.

Keywords:

Control system, Lake test, Method of navigational control, Unmanned surface vehicle.