Automatica, Vol.38, No.1, 21-32, 2002
Autonomous vertical landing on an oscillating platform: an internal-model based approach
In this paper we address the design of an autopilot for the autonomous landing of a vertical take off and landing vehicle on a ship whose deck oscillates in the vertical direction due to high sea states. The deck motion is modeled as the superposition of a fixed number of sinusoidal functions of time, of unknown frequency, amplitude and phase. We design an internal-model-based error-feedback dynamic regulator that is robust with respect to uncertainties on the mechanical parameters that characterize the model and secures global convergence.
Keywords:vertical take off and landing;robust tracking;output regulation;global stabilization;saturated controls;nonlinear systems