Artificial intelligence algorithms in unmanned surface vessel task assignment and path planning: A survey

K Gao, M Gao, M Zhou, Z Ma - Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the complex environment and variable demands, unmanned surface vessel (USV)
task assignment and path planning have received much attention from academia and …

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 …

Path planning for underwater gliders in time-varying ocean current using deep reinforcement learning

W Lan, X Jin, X Chang, T Wang, H Zhou, W Tian… - Ocean …, 2022 - Elsevier
The objective of this paper is to solve the application research of underwater glider (UG) and
UGs formation, it is aiming to solve the path planning of gliders in ocean current environment …

Improved RRT algorithms to solve path planning of multi-glider in time-varying ocean currents

W Lan, X Jin, T Wang, H Zhou - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, through the application research of underwater gliders, it is found that ocean
currents are the major influencing factor in the practical application of gliders. The objective …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple task assignment and path planning of a multiple unmanned surface vehicles system based on improved self-organizing mapping and improved …

G Xia, X Sun, X Xia - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper addresses multiple task assignment and path-planning problems for a multiple
unmanned surface vehicle (USVs) system. Since it is difficult to solve multi-task allocation …

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 …

A multi-objective reinforcement learning based controller for autonomous navigation in challenging environments

A Ramezani Dooraki, DJ Lee - Machines, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we introduce a self-trained controller for autonomous navigation in static and
dynamic (with moving walls and nets) challenging environments (including trees, nets …

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 …