摘要:AbstractFor several applications involving Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), a moving target must the tracked and followed autonomously. Several algorithms have been already proposed, mainly based on three different strategies, assuming in most of the cases the target trajectory known in advanced. We here propose a new algorithm and compared it with a well known and widely used control tracking algorithm in a ship-tracking scenario. Our proposal is derived from the qualitative analysis of the system response when a UAV low level controller is implemented. Besides, these algorithms depend on various parameters, which normally are tuned based on the experience. We also present a methodological way of tuning the parameters of these types of control algorithms based on the kinematic analysis of the movement, the control effort and the error while tracking the target. This method has been proved efficient and general, and it may be used for similar problems and control algorithms.