Real-time underwater target detection for AUV using side scan sonar images based on deep learning

L Li, Y Li, C Yue, G Xu, H Wang, X Feng - Applied Ocean Research, 2023 - Elsevier
To overcome the shortcomings of traditional methods for underwater target detection in
sonar images, a novel target detection algorithm based on deep learning is proposed for the …

Sensor‐driven autonomous underwater inspections: A receding‐horizon RRT‐based view planning solution for AUVs

L Zacchini, M Franchi, A Ridolfi - Journal of Field Robotics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are used by the scientific community for
various applications, from collecting well‐distributed high‐quality data to mapping the …

Dual-branch framework: AUV-based target recognition method for marine survey

F Yu, B He, J Liu, Q Wang - Engineering Applications of Artificial …, 2022 - Elsevier
Autonomous recognition of marine targets is considered a promising technology for
autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) marine survey, and AUV equipped with side-scan …

[HTML][HTML] Underwater side-scan sonar target detection: YOLOv7 model combined with attention mechanism and scaling factor

X Wen, J Wang, C Cheng, F Zhang, G Pan - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
Side-scan sonar plays a crucial role in underwater exploration, and the autonomous
detection of side-scan sonar images is vital for detecting unknown underwater …

Multiple receptive field network (MRF-Net) for autonomous underwater vehicle fishing net detection using forward-looking sonar images

R Qin, X Zhao, W Zhu, Q Yang, B He, G Li, T Yan - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Underwater fishing nets represent a danger faced by autonomous underwater vehicles
(AUVs). To avoid irreparable damage to the AUV caused by fishing nets, the AUV needs to …

[HTML][HTML] Informed expansion for informative path planning via online distribution learning

L Zacchini, A Ridolfi, B Allotta - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
Mobile robots are essential tools for gathering knowledge of the environment and monitoring
areas of interest as well as industrial assets. Informative Path Planning methodologies have …

Underwater gas leakage flow detection and classification based on multibeam forward-looking sonar

Y Cao, C Xu, J Li, T Zhou, L Lin, B Chen - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2024 - Springer
The risk of gas leakage due to geological flaws in offshore carbon capture, utilization, and
storage, as well as leakage from underwater oil or gas pipelines, highlights the need for …

Seg2Sonar: a full-class sample synthesis method applied to underwater sonar image target detection, recognition, and segmentation tasks

C Huang, J Zhao, H Zhang, Y Yu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To overcome the challenges of limited samples, difficult acquisition, under-representation,
and labeling in utilizing sonar images and deep learning (DL) for target detection …

Sonar image generation by MFA-CycleGAN for boosting underwater object detection of AUVs

J Zhou, Y Li, H Qin, P Dai, Z Zhao… - IEEE Journal of Oceanic …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Acquiring large amounts of high-quality real sonar data for object detection of autonomous
underwater vehicles (AUVs) is challenging. Synthetic data can be an alternative, but it is …

[HTML][HTML] Automatic target recognition and geolocalisation of natural gas seeps using an autonomous underwater vehicle

M Bresciani, L Zacchini, A Topini, A Ridolfi… - Control Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) have proven to be a precious resource
for oceans preservation thanks to their ability to accomplish survey missions on wide areas …