Autonomous vessels: state of the art and potential opportunities in logistics

Y Gu, JC Goez, M Guajardo… - … in Operational Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The growth in technology on autonomous transportation systems is currently motivating a
number of research initiatives. This paper first presents a survey of the literature on …

Uninterrupted path planning system for Multi-USV sampling mission in a cluttered ocean environment

S MahmoudZadeh, A Abbasi, A Yazdani, H Wang… - Ocean engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents an uninterrupted collision-free path planning system that facilitates the
operational performance of multiple unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) in an ocean …

Coordination control for multiple unmanned surface vehicles using hybrid behavior-based method

G Tan, J Zhuang, J Zou, L Wan - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Deployment of multiple unmanned agent systems to perform missions in a collaborative
manner has become a research hotspot in recent years, and the same is true for multiple …

Neuro-adaptive distributed formation tracking control of under-actuated unmanned surface vehicles with input quantization

J Ning, T Li, CLP Chen - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper addresses distributed formation control of multiple under-actuated unmanned
surface vehicles (USVs) subject to input quantization, in addition to the unknown dynamics …

Multi-USV cooperative path planning by window update based self-organizing map and spectral clustering

P Yao, Y Lou, K Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) have shown tremendous application prospects recently.
In this paper, a hierarchical two-layer framework is proposed for the cooperative path …

Path planning method based on D* lite algorithm for unmanned surface vehicles in complex environments

Y Yao, X Liang, M Li, K Yu, Z Chen, C Ni… - China Ocean …, 2021 - Springer
In recent decades, path planning for unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) in complex
environments, such as harbours and coastlines, has become an important concern. The …

Adaptive adjustable fast marching square method based path planning for the swarm of heterogeneous unmanned surface vehicles (USVs)

G Tan, J Zhuang, J Zou, L Wan - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
In the process of deploying multiple unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) to work
collaboratively, path planning is s an essential component. A team of USVs that perform joint …

An adaptive bi-level task planning strategy for multi-USVs target visitation

S Sun, B Song, P Wang, H Dong, X Chen - Applied Soft Computing, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper considers a task planning problem, which dispatches multiple unmanned surface
vehicles (USVs) to visit a set of targets located in ocean environments. The problem is …

A multi-objective bi-level task planning strategy for UUV target visitation in ocean environment

T Li, S Sun, P Wang, H Dong, X Wang - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) is commonly utilized for ocean resource exploration.
To effectively plan long-term tasks, it is crucial to consider energy usage and task quality …

Multi-stage decision-making method for ship speed optimisation considering inland navigational environment

A Fan, Z Wang, L Yang, J Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Speed optimisation is an important energy efficiency practice, which can bring good
economic and environmental benefits. The methodology of the speed optimisation and …