This chapter presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in part II of this book. It provides an introduction to guidance, navigation and control (GNC) systems including their respective definitions. It discusses control allocation algorithms for motion control systems. The basic components of a guidance system are motion sensors, external data such as weather data and a computer. The desired control objective is usually seen in conjunction with the guidance system. Motion control systems are used to control the motion of marine craft, aircraft, and unmanned vehicles by means of actuators. In industrial systems it is important to minimize the power consumption by taking advantage of the additional control forces in an overactuated control problem. The control allocation problem for marine craft equipped with azimuth thrusters is in general a non‐convex optimization problem that is hard to solve.
Introduction to Part II
2021-06-01
23 pages
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