Zwierzewicz, Zenon; Kijewska, Monika; Krupiński, Ryszard
(Scientific Journals Maritime University of Szczecin, Zeszyty Naukowe Akademia Morska w Szczecinie,
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The paper presents a proposal of auiomatic system design able to steer the ship along a preset trajectory (route) at sea, Since a ship motion model used here is nonli-near the control algorithm synthesis is based on the output feedback linearization tech-nique. This relatńtefy nerw branch of differential geometrie control theory has attracted vast attention of researchers. The wave action and load disturbances, acting on the ship (wind, current), are also taken into account. The simulations show the very high controller performance as compared to the other types of algorithms, e g. linear LQR.