Automatic vessel plate number recognition for surface unmanned vehicles with marine applications
Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 2023 In the practical application scenarios of USVs, it is necessary to identify a vessel in order to accomplish tasks. Considering the sensors equipped on the USV, visible images provide the fastest and most efficient way of determining the hull number.
Renran Zhang +4 more
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Self-Positioning Smart Buoys, The \u27Un-Buoy\u27 Solution: Logistic Considerations Using Autonomous Surface Craft Technology and Improved Communications Infrastructure [PDF]
, 2006 Moored buoys have long served national interests, but incur high development, construction, installation, and maintenance costs. Buoys which drift off-location can pose hazards to mariners, and in coastal waters may cause environmental damage.
Ballou, Phil +7 more
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Energy-optimal Path Planning Algorithm for Unmanned Surface Vessel Based on Reinforcement Learning
水下无人系统学报, 2023 To address path planning for unmanned surface vessels(USVs) in ocean environments affected by physical disturbances, such as ocean currents and obstacles, an energy-optimal algorithm based on improved reinforcement learning is proposed.
Peijuan LI +6 more
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An Autonomous Surface Vehicle for Long Term Operations
, 2018 Environmental monitoring of marine environments presents several challenges: the harshness of the environment, the often remote location, and most importantly, the vast area it covers.
Bukhsbaum, Sharon +7 more
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Universal Autonomous Control and Management System for Multipurpose Unmanned Surface Vessel
Polish Maritime Research, 2019 The paper presents design, structure and architecture of the Universal Autonomous Control and Management System (UACAMS) for multipurpose unmanned surface vessel.
Stateczny Andrzej, Burdziakowski Pawel
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A Robust Navigation Technique for Integration in the Guidance and Control of an Uninhabited Surface Vehicle [PDF]
, 2015 In this paper, we propose a novel robust navigational approach to be integrated with the guidance and control systems of an uninhabitedsurface vehicle Springer.
A. Annamalai +16 more
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Unmanned Surface Vessel Steering L2 Gain Robust Control Based on Closed-Loop Shaping Filter
Xibei Gongye Daxue Xuebao, 2019 With the introduction of the closed-loop shaping filtering method into the L2 gain robust controller design strategy, a nonlinear robust steering controller for unmanned surface vessel is designed under the planning and control strategy in this paper ...
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Verifying collision avoidance behaviours for unmanned surface vehicles using probabilistic model checking [PDF]
, 2016 Collision avoidance is an essential safety requirement for unmanned surface vehicles (USVs). Normally, its practical verification is non-trivial, due to the stochastic behaviours of both the USVs and the intruders.
Lu, Yu +3 more
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Operative Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs): A Review of Market-Ready Solutions
AutomationUnmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) have emerged as key enablers of autonomous maritime operations, offering innovative solutions across multiple industries, including defense, oceanography, offshore energy, and logistics.
Emerson Martins de Andrade +2 more
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New Archaeological Investigations at the M. S. Roberts Site (41HE8) in the Caddo Creek Valley in Henderson County, Texas [PDF]
, 2016 In this article, we discuss new archaeological investigations at the M. S. Roberts site (41HE8), likely a 14th to early 15th century A.D. Caddo period mound center along Caddo Creek in the upper Neches River basin in Henderson County in East Texas.
McKee, Arlo +3 more
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