A nonlinear robust controller design for ship dynamic positioning based on \(L_2\)-gain disturbance rejection (Q1788532)

Summary: In ship motion control process, it is difficult to design ship controller due to the effects of environmental disturbances such as wind, waves, current, and unmodelled dynamics. In order to solve these problems, a nonlinear robust controller based on \(L_2\)-gain disturbance rejection is proposed in this paper. To steer ships to the desired position, an error feedback control law on account of Lyapunov functions is designed. Then, to satisfy the \(L_2\)-gain disturbance rejection, proper parameters are chosen based on the system dissipative property. In order to verify the performance of the proposed controller, the MATLAB simulation results in two situations which are without and with the effects of environmental disturbances are demonstrated.