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A Hierarchal Planning Framework for AUV Mission Management in a Spatio-Temporal Varying Ocean

, 2017
The purpose of this paper is to provide a hierarchical dynamic mission planning framework for a single autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to accomplish task-assign process in a limited time interval while operating in an uncertain undersea environment ...
Atyabi, Adham, Powers, David M. W, Sammut, Karl, Yazdani, Amir Mehdi, Zadeh, Somaiyeh Mahmoud.   +4 more
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The Safe-Port project: an approach to port surveillance and protection [PDF]

, 2010
SAFE-PORT is a recently started project addressing the complex issue of determining the best configurations of resources for harbour and port surveillance and protection.
Abreu, M.A., Bezzeghoud, M., Calado, J., Captivo, M.E., Casimiro, R.P., Freitas, J.C., Gonçalves, G., Gonçalves, S., Lopes, J., Manso, M., Martins, M., Rodrigues, A., Salgado, R., Sousa, J.   +13 more
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UTact: Underwater Vision‐Based Tactile Sensor with Geometry Reconstruction and Contact Force Estimation

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Embedded flexible sensing technologies advance underwater soft robotics, yet most systems still suffer from hysteresis and limited perceptiveness. Instead, vision‐based tactile sensors provide reliable and rapid feedback essential for complex underwater tasks.
Qiyi Zhang, Zonghao Zuo, Haoxuan Wang, Bin Liu, Yilidusi Yilihamu, Li Wen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fault-Tolerant Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Considering Unknown Disturbances

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
This paper presents a fault-tolerant model predictive control approach for cross-rudder autonomous underwater vehicles to achieve heading control, considering rudder stuck faults and unknown disturbances.
Yimin Chen, Shaowen Hao, Jian Gao, Jiarun Wang, Le Li   +4 more
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The Nurturing of Seagliders by the National Oceanographic Partnership Program [PDF]

Oceanography, 2009
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program provided critical support to the development of Seaglider long-range autonomous underwater vehicles. This support enabled: (1) development and integration of chemical and biological sensors, (2) transition ...
Charles C. Eriksen, Mary Jane Perry
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Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
wiley   +1 more source

Navigation Control and Signal Processing Methods for Multiple Autonomous Unmanned Systems

Applied Sciences
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have been widely deployed in numerous underwater applications, such as biological monitoring, oceanographic surveys, and military underwater surveillance [...]
Haoqian Huang, Bing Wang, Yuan Yang
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Underwater Docking Approach and Homing to Enable Persistent Operation

Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021
One of the main limiting factors in deployment of marine robots is the issue of energy sustainability. This is particularly challenging for traditional propeller-driven autonomous underwater vehicles which operate using energy intensive thrusters.
Brian R. Page, Reeve Lambert, Jalil Chavez‐Galaviz, Nina Mahmoudian   +3 more
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Control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles [PDF]

, 2011
In this thesis an overview of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) is presented which covers the advancements in AUV technology in last two decades, different components of AUV and the applications of AUVs. A glimpse on AUV research in India is presented.
Chowdhury, Bilas, Singh, Mahendra Pratap
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The Widely scalable Mobile Underwater Sonar Technology (WiMUST) H2020 project: first year status [PDF]

, 2016
The Widely scalable Mobile Underwater Sonar Technology (WiMUST) project aims at developing a system of cooperative Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) for geotechnical surveying and geophysical exploration.
Antonelli, Gianluca, Caffaz, Andrea, Casalino, Giuseppe, de Jong, Ivan Bielic, De Palma, Daniela, Duarte, Henrique, Grimsdale, Jonathan, Indiveri, Giovanni, Jesus, S. M., Kebkal, Konstantin, Pascoal, Antonio, Polani, Daniel, Pollini, Lorenzo, Volpi, Nicola Catenacci   +13 more
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