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Trajectory Tracking Control of Autonomous Vehicles Based on an Improved Sliding Mode Control Scheme
, 2023 This paper addresses the issue of external unknown environmental interference affecting the trajectory tracking performance and driving stability of autonomous vehicles.
Baosen Ma, Qi Zhang, Wenhui Pei
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IET Control Theory & Applications, 2021 Autonomous underwater vehicles require a motion control system for performing underwater tasks such as exploring and developing marine resources. This study proposes a fractional‐order proportional‐integral (PIλ) controller for autonomous underwater ...
L. Liu, L. Zhang, S. Zhang
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Exploring Autonomous and Remotely Operated Vehicles in Offshore Structure Inspections
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 Operators of offshore production units (OPUs) employ risk-based assessment (RBA) techniques in order to minimise inspection expenses while maintaining risks at an acceptable level.
Maricruz Fun Sang Cepeda +6 more
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Modeling and inspection applications of a coastal distributed autonomous sensor network [PDF]
, 2012 Real time in-situ measurements are essential for monitoring and understanding physical and biochemical changes within ocean environments. Phenomena of interest usually display spatial and temporal dynamics that span different scales.
Joshua Leighton +15 more
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2019 Autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) are becoming more and more popular for performing hydrographic and navigational tasks. One of the key aspects of autonomous navigation is the need to avoid collisions with other objects, including shore structures ...
Andrzej Stateczny +4 more
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On Mixed-Initative Planning and Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles [PDF]
Supervision and control of Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) has traditionally been focused on an operator determining a priori the sequence of waypoints of a single vehicle for a mission.
Chrpa, Lukáš +5 more
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Insurance for autonomous underwater vehicles [PDF]
, 2007 The background and practice of insurance for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are examined. Key topics include: relationships between clients, brokers and underwriters; contract wording to provide appropriate coverage; and actions to take when an ...
Bose, N. +3 more
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An overview of developments and challenges for unmanned surface vehicle autonomous berthing
Complex & Intelligent Systems, 2023 With the continuous progress of contemporary science and technology and the increasing requirements for marine vehicles in various fields, the intelligence and automation of ships have become a general trend.
Gongxing Wu +4 more
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Developing Policy for Urban Autonomous Vehicles: Impact on Congestion
Urban Science, 2018 An important problem for surface transport is road traffic congestion, which is ubiquitous and difficult to mitigate. Accordingly, a question for policymakers is the possible impact on congestion of autonomous vehicles.
David Metz
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River boundary detection and autonomous cruise for unmanned surface vehicles
IET Image Processing, 2023 The detection of river boundaries is a crucial branch of the intelligent perception of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), it can be used to determine the driving areas of USVs, and also to ensure driving safety by limiting the effective drivable areas of ...
Kai Zhang +5 more
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