The rapid development of autonomous systems and Information and Communications
Technologies (ICT) create new opportunities for maritime activities. Existing autonomous …

This paper reviews the development of underwater docking technology and compares the
advantages and disadvantages of various docking methods. Docking station types, acoustic …

This article addresses a guidance and control strategy for an unmanned surface vehicle
subject to uncertainties. The controller uses a dynamic three-degree-of-freedom model with …

In order to enhance the large curvature path following performance of unmanned surface
vehicle (USV), an improved Stanley guidance law (ISGL) is proposed. To the best of our …

This paper focuses on recent innovations in the methods used for external remote subsea
pipeline inspection. An unmanned method is revealed, in which an Autonomous Underwater …

As being increasingly used for underwater explorations, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
(AUVs) are diversified in their structures and outlines to match up with various mission …

This paper focuses on the path following problem of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) with
unknown velocities, model uncertainties, and actuator saturation. To steer a USV rapidly and …

In this paper, in order to overcome certain limitations of previously commercialized platforms,
a new integrated unmanned surface vehicle (USV) and unmanned underwater vehicle …

Multiple autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are popular for challenging submarine
missions. In this article, we focus on the multi-AUV path planning for a common class of …

In-water tests of automated launch and recovery (L&R) of a Hydroid REMUS 100
autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) from a station-keeping 16-ft wave adaptive modular …