Machines, 2021 With the continuous development of the maritime economy, the maritime unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become important parts of the maritime transportation system.
Mingzhang Chen +4 more
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An experimental and computational study of the vortex shape in a partially baffled agitated vessel [PDF]
, 2007 The vortex shape in a non-standard partially baffled agitated vessel in the form of a glass-lined, under-baffled stirred vessel has been investigated using both experimental and numerical approaches for an air/water system for different rotation speeds ...
Fletcher, David F. +4 more
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Design and implementation of unmanned surface vessel long-distance communication system
Dianxin kexue, 2021 Unmanned surface vessel (USV) long-distance communication has important use in marine survey operations.The design and equipment development of USV long-distance communication system were carried out from both shore-side communication equipment and boat ...
Xue LI +5 more
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Parameter optimization of unmanned surface vessel propulsion motor based on BAS-PSO
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2022 Despite advances in modern control theory and artificial intelligence technology, current methods for tuning proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller parameters based on the traditional particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm do not meet the
Li Bian +4 more
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Autonomous Shallow Water Hydrographic Survey Using a Proto-Type USV
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 Maritime unmanned systems (MUS) have gained widespread usage in a diverse range of hydrographic survey activities, including harbor/port surveys, beach and coastline monitoring, environmental assessment, and military operations.
Laurențiu-Florin Constantinoiu +2 more
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Ocean Plume Tracking with Unmanned Surface Vessels: Algorithms and Experiments [PDF]
2018 13th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA), 2018 Pollution plume monitoring using autonomous vehicles is important due to the adverse effect of pollution plumes on the environment and associated monetary losses. Using the advection-diffusion plume dispersion model, we present a control law design to track dynamic concentration level curves.
Fahad, Muhammad +5 more
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Assessing use of and reaction to unmanned aerial systems in gray and harbor seals during breeding and molt in the UK [PDF]
, 2015 This work was supported by UK NERC National Environmental Research Council National Capability funding to SMRU, NERC grant No. GE08-001358 to PP, through UK DEFRA support to SMRU, and by development grants from MASTS and Chester Zoo.Wildlife biology ...
Pomeroy, Patrick +2 more
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Overview of unmanned surface vessel coverage path planning techniques
, 2021 With the rapid development of communication technology, sensors and artificial intelligence, unmanned surface vessel have made a breakthrough technology, which has attracted more and more attention at home and abroad in recent years.
Xue, Shuai +4 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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A Platform for Coastline Monitoring System by Unmanned Surface Vessel
, 2019 This paper presents a basic experiment platform to monitor coastline using unmanned surface vessel. This platform has two operating mode, manual work for release and automation for patrol.
Li GN(李冠男) +5 more
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