IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL EXPERIMENTATION WITH A REMOTE PLATFORM OF AN AUTONOMOUS IN-SCALE FAST-FERRY MODEL

In this paper a parametric lineal model of heading is obtained, using a remote experimentation platform for marine vehicles. This platform has an in-scale fast-ferry physical model, TF-120 which is autonomous and has all the elements required to emulate a real vessel. The physical model is controlled remotely from a PC using Wi-Fi communications. The tests for the data acquisition with the platform for marine vehicles were carried out in the surroundings of the Bay of Santander. The parametric model identified is used to design a PID controller for heading autopilot and a simulation of this system is performed in Simulink.