Formation & path tracking control for multiple unmanned ships
Xia Liang-sheng, Yan Weisheng · 2011
In this paper, a novel formation and path tracking control method is proposed for multiple unmanned ships. In this method, an individual unmanned ship is used to be the leader that tracks the desired path; other unmanned ships are used to be the followers which track the leader only by using its position to keep the formation. Simulation results show that this method could achieve the formation and path tracking control of multiple unmanned ships effectively.