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7.9 Virtual Decomposition Based Control 193<br />

the vehicle pitch angle θ .The manipulator, infact, interacts with the vehicle<br />

mainlyinthis direction. Also,Figure 7.28shows the time history of thevehicle<br />

moments; notice the large initial overestimate due to the intentional wrong<br />

model compensation. Also, being the manipulator not neutrally buoyant, a<br />

large moment isexperienced along the y -axis at rest.<br />

vehicle orientation [deg]<br />

4<br />

2<br />

0<br />

−2<br />

ψ<br />

φ<br />

θ<br />

−4<br />

0 10 20 30<br />

time [s]<br />

Fig. 7.27. Virtual decomposition control. Time history of the vehicle attitude in<br />

terms of Euler angles<br />

vehicle moments [Nm]<br />

200<br />

0<br />

−200<br />

−400<br />

−600<br />

−800<br />

−1000<br />

x z<br />

−1200<br />

0 10 20 30<br />

time [s]<br />

Fig. 7.28. Virtual decomposition control. Time history of the vehicle moments<br />

Figure 7.29 shows the time history of the joint errors. Those are computed<br />

with respect to the desired joint positions asoutput from the inverse kine-<br />

y

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