In this paper, kinematic and dynamic equations of a 6-DOF (Degrees Of Freedom) autonomous underwater vehicle (6-DOF AUV) are introduced and described completely. By developing the nonsingular terminal sliding mode control method, three separate groups of control inputs are proposed for the autonomous underwater vehicle subjected to uncertainties including parametric uncertainties, unmodeled dyn...

In recent years, unmanned vehicles have intensively been developed to reduce risk on human life for marine applications. Predicting the dynamics behavior of an autonomous underwater vehicle is important during the vehicle’s design phase. In other words to design an AUV, one must clarify its maneuverability and controllability based on a mathematical model. The mathematical model contains variou...

Time-growing navigation error due to inevitable measurement errors in the MEMS-grade inertial sensor is one of the main challenges in low-cost inertial navigation systems (INSs). This paper aims to develop AHRS/GPS/DR integrated navigation algorithm for long-range autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). Proper performance in deals with long-term GPS outage is the main advantage of the proposed low...

This paper aims is to design an integrated navigation system constituted by low-cost inertial sensors to estimate the orientation of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) during all phases of under water and surface missions. The proposed approach relied on global positioning system, inertial measurement unit (accelerometer & rate gyro), magnetometer and complementary filter technique. Complem...

In recent years, unmanned vehicles have intensively been developed to reduce human dangers for marine applications. Predicting the hydrodynamic coefficients of an autonomous underwater vehicle is important during the vehicle’s design phase. In other words to design an AUV, one must clarify its maneuverability and controllability based on a mathematical model. The mathematical model contains var...