Underwater scene is highly unstructured, full of various noise interferences. Moreover, GPS
information is not available in the underwater environment, which thus brings huge …

Owing to the hasty growth of communication technologies in the Underwater Internet of
Things (UIoT), many researchers and industries focus on enhancing the existing …

Trash deposits in aquatic environments have a destructive effect on marine ecosystems and
pose a long-term economic and environmental threat. Autonomous underwater vehicles …

Pipelines are vital infrastructures in oil and gas, water, and sewage transfer, offering a safer
and more environmentally friendly option compared to other forms of transportation. The use …

Autonomous localization and navigation, as an essential research area in robotics, has a
broad scope of applications in various scenarios. To widen the utilization environment and …

In the context of underwater robotics, the visual degradation induced by the medium
properties make difficult the exclusive use of cameras for localization purpose. Hence, many …

Pipelines are backbone of the transportation of gases and liquids such as oil, gasoline,
water, and sewage. However, pipelines are constantly aging and sustaining damage, which …

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is an active research topic in machine
vision and robotics. It has various applications in many different fields such as mobile robots …

The prerequisite for underwater vehicles to accomplish various underwater tasks is to obtain
real-time position information about themselves in the underwater environment using …

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) are seen as an emerging technology for maritime
exploration but are still restricted by the availability of short range, accurate positioning …