Terminal Control Approach Application For Autonomous Airship Docking

The article considers the position-trajectory approach to the synthesis of the terminal regulator for controlling the airship for the docking task. The control system constructed solves the problem of guiding the airship to the docking position at given moment of time in autonomous mode. The airship control algorithm is based on mathematical model of an airship as rigid body, represented by a system of nonlinear differential equations, without linearization. The procedure for the control law synthesizing and the results of modelling by means of MATLAB are given. The task of docking of two airships, as proposed in EU MAAT project, was considered for simulations. The proposals for the further development of this study are formulated.