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Prescribed Performance Tracking Control for Underactuated Unmanned Surface Vessel Using Fully Actuated System Approach

  • Yulin Duan
  • , Jiaming Zhang
  • , Weijie Ren
  • , Guang Ren Duan*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Southern University of Science and Technology
  • Beihang University
  • Yeungnam University

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Abstract

This paper investigates the trajectory tracking control problem for an underactuated Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) subject to prescribed performance constraints. To address the challenges arising from the strong coupling and underactuated characteristics of the USV dynamics, the system is first transformed into a class of Unidirectionally Connected Fully Actuated Systems (UC-FAS). Based on this UC-FAS model, the Fully Actuated System (FAS) approach is utilized to convert the nonlinear system into a linear closed-loop system, and a tracking controller is designed using the Prescribed Performance Control (PPC) methodology. By employing error transformation and barrier functions, the constrained tracking problem is transformed into an unconstrained stabilization problem. Theoretical analysis confirms that the proposed control scheme ensures that the system states asymptotically track the expected signals and the tracking errors strictly evolve within the prescribed performance boundaries.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 5th Conference on Fully Actuated System Theory and Applications, FASTA 2026
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1638-1642
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9798319547323
DOIs
StatePublished - 2026
Event5th Conference on Fully Actuated System Theory and Applications, FASTA 2026 - Qinhuangdao, China
Duration: 22 May 202624 May 2026

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 5th Conference on Fully Actuated System Theory and Applications, FASTA 2026

Conference

Conference5th Conference on Fully Actuated System Theory and Applications, FASTA 2026
Country/TerritoryChina
CityQinhuangdao
Period22/05/2624/05/26

Keywords

  • Prescribed Performance Control (PPC)
  • Trajectory Tracking
  • Unidirectionally Connected Fully Actuated System (UC-FAS)
  • Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV)

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