Underwater Robots - Motion and Force Control of Vehicle-Manipulator Systems

This book deals with the main control aspects in underwater manipulation tasks. The mathematical model with significant impact on the control strategy is discussed as well as a kinematic control for underwater manipulation, dynamic control, and several motion control schemes. Experimental results on motion control and fault tolerance to thrusters' faults with the autonomous vehicle ODIN are presented. The interaction with the environment is discussed and a simulation tool for multi-body systems is given. This software package, developed to test the presented control strategies, has been designed according to modular requirements which allow the possibility to generate robotic systems in the desired environment.

Contents

• Modelling of Underwater Robots
• Kinematic Control
• Dynamic Control
• Interaction Control