Modeling and Simulation of a Remote Controlled Weapon Station

Abstract: Understanding how a system behaves when exposed to different scenarios is key when improvingand developing complex structures. The amount of different approaches is immense and variesfrom case to case. One of the simpler approaches is black-box modelling as it only targetsan input and output to a system, and not necessarily the mathematical interpretations. Fora nonlinear system such as a remote controlled weapon station, this approach is appropriate,as it allows to only focus on a certain scenario and the results obtained for that case. In thisstudy, a remote controlled weapon station is further investigated when exposed to disturbancesfrom a combat vehicle. The data obtained is simulated on a platform and the results are usedin Matlab to analyze and find the best model from these tests. A Hammerstein-Wiener modelwith nonlinear wavelet networks is deemed the best as it gives the most accurate representationof the station’s behavior. The results obtained are considered to be moderately accurate dueto its precision and should only be used as reference point, rather than being interpreted as atrue representation of the system.