Guidedsteered

Guidedsteered is a term describing an integrated control approach in which a high-level guidance subsystem determines a route or trajectory and is tightly coupled with a low-level steering subsystem that converts commands into actuator actions.

In a guidedsteered system, the guidance module produces target trajectories or waypoints while the steering module handles stabilization and execution, using sensor feedback to close both loops. A supervisory layer monitors safety, performance, and mode transitions between operation states.

The term reflects established ideas in guidance, navigation, and control theory. In practice, engineers use guidedsteered to describe architectures that integrate planning and control rather than routing data through separate pipelines.

Applications span autonomous vehicles, maritime and aerial platforms, unmanned ground and aerial systems, and industrial robots. Benefits include smoother trajectories, improved robustness to disturbances, and easier integration of perception systems with actuation. The approach can reduce path-following errors in dynamic environments.

Challenges include ensuring stability of the coupled loops, managing latency and computational load, and meeting safety and certification requirements. Security, testing across diverse scenarios, and interoperability with existing subsystems are also important considerations.

Related topics include autonomous control, guidance, steering, model predictive control, and fault-tolerant control.