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An Autopilot Based on a Local Control Network Design for an Unmanned Surface Vehicle

These techniques are for the first time used in marine control systems design and use a novel combination of local controller network and genetic algorithm technologies to significantly improve accuracy, whilst facilitating inclusion of transparency, generalization of constraints, and design simplicity. The controller practically suited for use in the marine in terms of manoeuvrability and energy consumption, providing the vehicle with longer mission durations. The on-going work is supported by EPSRC (EP/1012923/1) and the paper contributed to the award of a RS/NSFC grant, enabling Dr Cui (Northwestern) to collaborate on cooperative path planning/control of Multiple UUVs for Ocean Observation.