Design, modelling, implementation, and intelligent fuzzy control of a hovercraft

M. M. El-khatib; W. M. Hussein

doi:10.1117/12.883685

Abstract

A Hovercraft is an amphibious vehicle that hovers just above the ground or water by air cushion. The concept of air cushion vehicle can be traced back to 1719. However, the practical form of hovercraft nowadays is traced back to 1955. The objective of the paper is to design, simulate and implement an autonomous model of a small hovercraft equipped with a mine detector that can travel over any terrains. A real time layered fuzzy navigator for a hovercraft in a dynamic environment is proposed. The system consists of a Takagi-Sugenotype fuzzy motion planner and a modified proportional navigation based fuzzy controller. The system philosophy is inspired by human routing when moving between obstacles based on visual information including the right and left views from which he makes his next step towards the goal in the free space. It intelligently combines two behaviours to cope with obstacle avoidance as well as approaching a goal using a proportional navigation path accounting for hovercraft kinematics. MATLAB/Simulink software tool is used to design and verify the proposed algorithm.

Citation Download Citation

M. M. El-khatib, M. M. El-khatib, W. M. Hussein, W. M. Hussein, } "Design, modelling, implementation, and intelligent fuzzy control of a hovercraft", Proc. SPIE 8045, Unmanned Systems Technology XIII, 80450L (23 May 2011); doi: 10.1117/12.883685; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.883685

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

PERSONAL SIGN IN
Full access may be available with your subscription

Email or Username Forgot your username?

Password Forgot your password?

Show

Remember Email/Username on this computer

Remember Password

No SPIE account? Create an account
or Institutional Sign In via Shibboleth

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available

Members: $14.40

Non-members: $18.00 ADD TO CART

Show All Keywords

Keywords/Phrases

Search In:

Publication Years