Results 111 to 120 of about 3,810 (225)

Underwater Drones as a Low-Cost, yet Powerful Tool for Underwater Archaeological Mapping: Case Studies from the Mediterranean

Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology
This paper investigates the transformative impact of micro-class Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs), commonly known as underwater drones, on underwater archaeological mapping.
Eleni Diamanti, Øyvind Ødegård, Vasilis Mentogiannis, George Koutsouflakis   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

On Mixed-Initative Planning and Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

Supervision and control of Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) has traditionally been focused on an operator determining a priori the sequence of waypoints of a single vehicle for a mission.
Chrpa, Lukáš, Py, Frederic, Ribeiro, Manuel, Pinto, Jose, Sousa, Joao, Rajan, Kanna   +5 more
core  

A-Star (A*) with Map Processing for the Global Path Planning of Autonomous Underwater and Surface Vehicles Operating in Large Areas

Applied Sciences
The global path planning system is one of the basic systems ensuring the autonomous operation of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) in a complex aquatic environment.
Rafał Kot, Piotr Szymak, Paweł Piskur, Krzysztof Naus   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fault isolation of thrusters under redundancy in frame-structure unmanned underwater vehicles

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2018
This article deals with fault isolation issue for the redundant thrusters of frame-structure unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). Consistency check is adopted to accomplish this task while solving the reformed control input equations that are produced ...
Fuqiang Liu, Demin Xu, Jin Yu, Long Bai
doaj   +1 more source

A Semi-physical Simulation Framework for Multiple Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

, 2010
A semi-physical simulation framework for multiple unmanned underwater vehicles' (UUVs) coordinate operation, which can complete large-scale reconnaissance in civil, academic military application, is presented.
Feng XS(封锡盛), Tan L(谭亮), Li YP(李一平), Ren SZ(任申真)   +3 more
core  

Localisation of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) in Complex and Confined Environments: A Review. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel), 2020
Watson S, Duecker DA, Groves K.
europepmc   +1 more source

Experimental Verification of a Depth Controller using Model Predictive Control with Constraints onboard a Thruster Actuated AUV [PDF]

, 2012
In this work a depth and pitch controller for an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is developed. This controller uses the model predictive control method to manoeuvre the vehicle whilst operating within the defined constraints of the AUV actuators ...
Rogers, E., Turnock, S.R., Steenson, Leo V., Phillips, A.B., Furlong, M.   +4 more
core  

Model-based design methodology for unmanned underwater vehicles

Zhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu
ObjectiveWith the increasing diversification of application requirements for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), traditional design methods centered on text-based documentation have revealed numerous limitations in practice, such as scattered design ...
Dalong DONG, Rui ZHOU, Zibin YU, Ben LI
doaj   +1 more source

Experiments in the Guidance of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Underwater Technology, 2001
M Caccia, G Bruzzone, G Veruggio
openaire   +3 more sources

Design and numerical investigation on aero-hydrodynamic performance of an aerial-aquatic propeller

Kongqi donglixue xuebao
The aerial-aquatic propeller is a core component of unmanned aerial-aquatic vehicles. Aiming at the problem that the efficiency of aerial-aquatic propellers in air and water cannot be balanced, this paper proposes a design method for aerial-aquatic ...
Linyuan Luo, Zhaolin Chen, Xiangming Zheng, Chang Wang, Kaijie Lu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source