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Path Following, Obstacle Detection and Obstacle Avoidance for Thrusted Underwater Snake Robots

open access: yesFrontiers in Robotics and AI, 2019
The use of unmanned underwater vehicles is steadily increasing for a variety of applications such as mapping, monitoring, inspection and intervention within several research fields and industries, e.g., oceanography, marine biology, military, and oil and
Eleni Kelasidi   +8 more
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Inductive Wireless Power Transfer for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles: A Comprehensive Review of Technological Advances and Challenges

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering
The endurance of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) has long been constrained by limited energy replenishment. Underwater inductive wireless power transfer (UIWPT), with its contactless power transfer capability, offers an innovative solution for ...
Han Xu, Rong Zheng, Bo Yang, Wei Ning
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Control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Thruster fault diagnosis method based on Gaussian particle filter for autonomous underwater vehicles

open access: yesInternational Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, 2016
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) generally work in complex marine environments. Any fault in AUVs may cause significant losses. Thus, system reliability and automatic fault diagnosis are important.
Yu-shan Sun   +4 more
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Observations of High Frequency, Long Range Acoustic Propagation in a Harbor Environment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The positioning and navigation of AUV\u27s in harbor environments using underwater acoustics is complicated by shallow waters, long propagation distances, and complex oceanographic features.
Mayer, Larry A.   +2 more
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Boundary Control Behaviors of Multiple Low-Cost AUVs Using Acoustic Communication

open access: yesIEEE Access
This study presents acoustic-based methods for the formation control of multiple autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). This study proposes two different models for implementing boundary and path control on low-cost AUVs using acoustic communication and ...
Mohammed Tarnini   +5 more
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Technical benefits and cultural barriers of networked Autonomous Undersea Vehicles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2013.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (p.
Wineman, Patrick L
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Determination of Flow Parameters of a Water Flow Around an AUV Body

open access: yesRobotics, 2019
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have changed the way marine environment is surveyed, monitored and mapped. Autonomous underwater vehicles have a wide range of applications in research, military, and commercial settings.
Julian Hoth, Wojciech Kowalczyk
doaj   +1 more source

A convolutional neural network machine learning based navigation of underwater vehicles under limited communication [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Control Sciences
This paper proposes navigation of multiple autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) by employing machine learning approach for wide area surveys in underwater environment.
Sarada Prasanna Sahoo   +2 more
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Uncertainty Modeling for AUV Acquired Bathymetry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are used across a wide range of mission scenarios and from an increasingly diverse set of operators. Use of AUVs for shallow water (less than 200 meters) mapping applications is of increasing interest.
Byrne, Shannon, Schmidt, Val E.
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