A survey of research status on the environmental adaptation technologies for marine robots

Z Chen, W Jiao, K Ren, J Yu, Y Tian, K Chen… - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Advancement in marine robotics adaptability, which is crucial for efficient task completion in
complex marine environments, is the central focus of contemporary research. This paper …

Multi-modal locomotion: from animal to application

RJ Lock, SC Burgess… - Bioinspiration & …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The majority of robotic vehicles that can be found today are bound to operations within a
single media (ie land, air or water). This is very rarely the case when considering locomotive …

A ship movement classification based on Automatic Identification System (AIS) data using Convolutional Neural Network

X Chen, Y Liu, K Achuthan, X Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
With a wide use of AIS data in maritime transportation, there is an increasing demand to
develop algorithms to efficiently classify a ship's AIS data into different movements (static …

Tethys-class long range AUVs-extending the endurance of propeller-driven cruising AUVs from days to weeks

BW Hobson, JG Bellingham, B Kieft… - 2012 IEEE/OES …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Most existing propeller-driven, cruising AUVs operate with a support ship and have an
endurance of about one day. However, many oceanographic processes evolve over days or …

Mobile robotic platforms for the acoustic tracking of deep-sea demersal fishery resources

I Masmitja, J Navarro, S Gomáriz, J Aguzzi, B Kieft… - Science Robotics, 2020 - science.org
Knowing the displacement capacity and mobility patterns of industrially exploited (ie, fished)
marine resources is key to establishing effective conservation management strategies in …

A system of coordinated autonomous robots for Lagrangian studies of microbes in the oceanic deep chlorophyll maximum

Y Zhang, JP Ryan, BW Hobson, B Kieft, A Romano… - Science Robotics, 2021 - science.org
The deep chlorophyll maximum (DCM) layer is an ecologically important feature of the open
ocean. The DCM cannot be observed using aerial or satellite remote sensing; thus, in situ …

Underwater mobile manipulation: A soft arm on a benthic legged robot

J Liu, S Iacoponi, C Laschi, L Wen… - IEEE Robotics & …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotic systems that can explore the sea floor, collect marine samples, gather shallow water
refuse, and perform other underwater tasks are interesting and important in several fields …

A deep learning approach to dead-reckoning navigation for autonomous underwater vehicles with limited sensor payloads

IB Saksvik, A Alcocer, V Hassani - OCEANS 2021: San Diego …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a deep learning approach to aid dead-reckoning (DR) navigation using
a limited sensor suite. A Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) was developed to predict the …

Autonomous tracking and sampling of the deep chlorophyll maximum layer in an open-ocean eddy by a long-range autonomous underwater vehicle

Y Zhang, B Kieft, BW Hobson, JP Ryan… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Phytoplankton communities residing in the open ocean, the largest habitat on Earth, play a
key role in global primary production. Through their influence on nutrient supply to the …

Climate variability and change: response of a coastal ocean ecosystem

FP Chavez, JT Pennington, RP Michisaki, M Blum… - Oceanography, 2017 - JSTOR
Monterey Bay and contiguous waters of the California Current System have been observed
repeatedly since 1929, most intensively since 1989 with ships, moorings, and autonomous …