Unmanned surface vehicles: An overview of developments and challenges
With growing worldwide interest in commercial, scientific, and military issues associated with
both oceans and shallow waters, there has been a corresponding growth in demand for the …
both oceans and shallow waters, there has been a corresponding growth in demand for the …
Intelligent motion control of unmanned surface vehicles: A critical review
MJ Er, C Ma, T Liu, H Gong - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
As one of the emerging tools of ocean operation, unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) have
shown great potential in ocean exploration in recent years. Motion control is an important …
shown great potential in ocean exploration in recent years. Motion control is an important …
The autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance for USVs with ANOA deep reinforcement learning method
The unmanned surface vehicle (USV) has been widely used to accomplish missions in the
sea or dangerous marine areas for ships with sailors, which greatly expands protective …
sea or dangerous marine areas for ships with sailors, which greatly expands protective …
Intelligent multi-task allocation and planning for multiple unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) using self-organising maps and fast marching method
As a result of the advances in autonomous navigation technology, ocean based operations
with increasing levels of complexity can be undertaken using unmanned surface vehicles …
with increasing levels of complexity can be undertaken using unmanned surface vehicles …
[HTML][HTML] Review of floating object manipulation by autonomous multi-vessel systems
The regulatory endorsement of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the
support of pivotal shipping market players in recent years motivate the investigation of the …
support of pivotal shipping market players in recent years motivate the investigation of the …
[HTML][HTML] Identifying research directions of a remotely-controlled merchant ship by revisiting her system-theoretic safety control structure
Despite the concept of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) being in the limelight of
research and development effort within the shipping industry, there are still some existing …
research and development effort within the shipping industry, there are still some existing …
Unsupervised learning based coordinated multi-task allocation for unmanned surface vehicles
In recent decades, unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are attracting increasing attention
due to their underlying capability in autonomously undertaking complex maritime tasks in …
due to their underlying capability in autonomously undertaking complex maritime tasks in …
Cooperative defense of autonomous surface vessels with quantity disadvantage using behavior cloning and deep reinforcement learning
S Sun, T Li, X Chen, H Dong, X Wang - Applied Soft Computing, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Autonomous Surface Vessels (ASVs) excel at undertaking hazardous tasks,
garnering significant attention recently. Particularly, ASV cooperative defense is a crucial …
garnering significant attention recently. Particularly, ASV cooperative defense is a crucial …
Automated self-assembly of large maritime structures by a team of robotic boats
We present the methodology, algorithms, system design, and experiments addressing the
self-assembly of large teams of autonomous robotic boats into floating platforms. Identical …
self-assembly of large teams of autonomous robotic boats into floating platforms. Identical …
Cooperative strategies for two-evader-one-pursuer reach-avoid differential games
R Yan, Z Shi, Y Zhong - International Journal of Systems Science, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
A reach-avoid differential game with two evaders and one pursuer is considered in the plane
which is divided into a play region and a goal region by a straight line. Two evaders, starting …
which is divided into a play region and a goal region by a straight line. Two evaders, starting …