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Recent Developments in Automatic Steering of Ships

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2009

J. van Amerongen and
H. R. van Nauta Lemke
J. van Amerongen
Affiliation:
(Delft University of Technology)
H. R. van Nauta Lemke
Affiliation:
(Delft University of Technology)
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Abstract

This paper describes modern autopilots for ships. The development of modern optimal and adaptive control theories, together with the availability of inexpensive and fast digital computer systems, makes possible the design of more sophisticated controllers, which achieve better steering and save fuel. Autopilots which simultaneously control the yaw and roll motions are now being developed. In the near future it is to be expected that advanced track-prediction and track-keeping systems will facilitate the navigation and further contribute to fuel savings. The paper was presented at a Workshop held by the Netherlands branch of the Institute on 21 February 1986.

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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , September 1986, pp. 349 - 362
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1986

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