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 ...
Blidberg, D.R. +3 more
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The predictive functional control and the management of constraints in GUANAY II autonomous underwater vehicle actuators [PDF]
, 2018 Autonomous underwater vehicle control has been a topic of research in the last decades. The challenges addressed vary depending on each research group's interests.
Gauthier Sellier, Alain +2 more
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Heterogeneous Dimensionality Reduction for Efficient Motion Planning in High-Dimensional Spaces
IEEE Access, 2020 Increasing the dimensionality of the configuration space quickly makes trajectory planning computationally intractable. This paper presents an efficient motion planning approach that exploits the heterogeneous low-dimensional structures of a given ...
Huan Yu +4 more
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A Markov Chain state transition approach to establishing critical phases for AUV reliability [PDF]
, 2011 The deployment of complex autonomous underwater platforms for marine science comprises a series of sequential steps. Each step is critical to the success of the mission. In this paper we present a state transition approach, in the form of a Markov chain,
Brito, Mario, Griffiths, Gwyn
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Research Status and Prospect of AUV Path Planning Algorithms
Jisuanji kexue yu tansuo, 2020 Path planning algorithm is one of the core algorithms for autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to complete autonomous underwater cruise. In this paper, two kinds of AUV path planning algorithms based on environment modeling and path searching are reviewed.
GUO Yinjing, MENG Qingliang, KONG Fang, LYU Wenhong
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Real-time UVMS torque distribution algorithm based on weighting matrix.
PLoS ONE, 2021 This study presents a real-time algorithm for even distributing the torque burden on the parallel manipulator with an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) through the cooperation of the AUV and manipulator.
Yecheol Moon +4 more
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Integrated navigation for autonomous underwater vehicles in aquaculture: A review
Information Processing in Agriculture, 2020 Aquaculture is the world’s fastest growing sector within the food industry, supplying humans with over half their aquatic products. Water quality monitoring or cage inspection is an indispensable part in aquaculture and is usually done manually ...
Jianhua Bao +3 more
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IEEE Access, 2022 In order to improve the persistent operation capacity of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), autonomous recovery system draws more and more attention in recent years. A hybrid scheme combined with navigation, guidance and control is proposed to complete
Xiaofei Yang +6 more
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Nonlinear H ∞ optimal control scheme for an underwater vehicle with regional function formulation [PDF]
, 2013 A conventional region control technique cannot meet the demands for an accurate tracking performance in view of its inability to accommodate highly nonlinear system dynamics, imprecise hydrodynamic coefficients, and external disturbances.
Dunnigan, Mathew Walter, Ismail, Zool
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Trajectory design for autonomous underwater vehicles based on ocean model predictions for feature tracking [PDF]
, 2010 Trajectory design for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) is of great importance to the oceanographic research community. Intelligent planning is required to maneuver a vehicle to high-valued locations for data collection.
Caron, David +5 more
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