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COLREGs-based collision avoidance strategies for unmanned surface vehicles

, 2012
The aim of this paper is to report the preliminary development of an automatic collision avoidance technique for unmanned marine craft based on standardised rules, COLREGs, defined by the International Maritime Organisation.
Aolei Yang, Yang, Aolei, Irwin, George, Wasif Naeem, George W. Irwin, Naeem, Wasif   +5 more
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Asymmetric Steering Hydrodynamics Identification of a Differential Drive Unmanned Surface Vessel.

, 2018
This paper identifies the asymmetric steering characteristics of a Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel (WAM-V) deployed as an Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV). Differentially steered propellers create a virtual rudder movement without explicitly inducing lateral ...
Robinette, Paul, Vanierschot, Maarten', Slaets, Peter, DeFilippo, Michael, Boonen, Rene, Peeters, Gerben   +5 more
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Unmanned Surface Vessel–Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Cooperative Path Following Based on a Predictive Line of Sight Guidance Law

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
This paper explores the cooperative control of unmanned surface vessels (USVs) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in maritime rescue and coastal surveillance.
Hugan Zhang, Jiaming Fan, Xianku Zhang, Haitong Xu, C. Guedes Soares   +4 more
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Finite-Time Control for Automatic Berthing of Pod-Driven Unmanned Surface Vessel with an Event-Triggering Mechanism

Coastal water accidents have occurred frequently in recent years, and human factors are still the main cause of these accidents. The purpose of this study is to provide a better and safer solution for the symmetry problem of unmanned surface vessels ...
Zaiji Piao, Shuang Sun, Yiling Chen, Moran Ju   +3 more
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Large-scale dynamic observation planning for unmanned surface vessels [PDF]

, 2007
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Operations Research Center, 2007.Includes bibliographical references (p.
Miller, John V. (John Vaala)
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Set-membership filtering approach for path tracking of an unmanned surface vessel system

, 2017
In this paper, a set-membership filtering method is proposed in order to effectively track an Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) in a dual antenna GPS positioning system.
Zhu, Jin, Jianmin Chen, Jin Zhu, Jianhua Wang, Wang, Jianhua, Zhang, Yilian, Chen, Jianmin, Yang, Fuwen, Yilian Zhang, Fuwen Yang   +9 more
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Adaptive Yaw Control for an Unmanned Surface Vessel System with Transient Error Analysis

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
In this paper, an adaptive tracking control technique is proposed to stabilize the yaw angle of an unmanned surface vessel (USV) system subject to input saturation and external disturbances.
Zhonggang Xiong, Tianpeng Huang, Huishuang Shao, Xiaozhao Jin   +3 more
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Fixed-Time Formation Control for Multi-Unmanned Surface Vessel Systems with Input Delay

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In recent years, fixed-time formation control has become a major research focus in multi-unmanned surface vessel(USV) systems. A critical challenge in achieving fixed-time formation in these systems is handling input delays.
Jianxiang LI, Wenle ZHANG, Ming LI
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Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of a Marine Floating Structure With an Unmanned Surface Vessel

, 2019
This paper addresses 3-D reconstruction of a marine floating platform using an unmanned surface vessel  (USV). Lidar and sonar sensors equipped on the USV are used to gather volumetric point cloud data of the floating platform structure both ...
Han, Jungwook, Kim, Jinwhan
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Autonomous COLREGs Compliant Ship Navigation, Using Bridge Simulators and an Unmanned Vessel

, 2016
This paper presents an approach to COLREGs compliant ship navigation. A system architecture is proposed, which will be implemented and tested on two platforms: networked bridge simulators and at sea trials using an autonomous unmanned surface vessel ...
Varas, Jesus Mediavilla, Caharija, Walter, Renton, Ian, Smith, Renny, Naeem, Wasif, Carter, Paul, Bhuiyan, Zakirul   +6 more
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