Development and control of underwater gliding robots: A review

J Wang, Z Wu, H Dong, M Tan… - IEEE/CAA Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As one of the most effective vehicles for ocean development and exploration, underwater
gliding robots (UGRs) have the unique characteristics of low energy consumption and strong …

Scientific challenges and present capabilities in underwater robotic vehicle design and navigation for oceanographic exploration under-ice

LDL Barker, MV Jakuba, AD Bowen, CR German… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper reviews the scientific motivation and challenges, development, and use of
underwater robotic vehicles designed for use in ice-covered waters, with special attention …

Motion parameter optimization for gliding strategy analysis of underwater gliders

M Yang, Y Wang, S Wang, S Yang, Y Song, L Zhang - Ocean engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Underwater glider is one of the most promising autonomous observation platforms for long-
term ocean observation, which can glide through water columns by adjusting its buoyancy …

Towards a gliding robotic dolphin: Design, modeling, and experiments

Z Wu, J Yu, J Yuan, M Tan - IEEE/ASME Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the mechatronic design and implementation of a gliding robotic dolphin.
To pursue both high maneuverability and long endurance simultaneously, the gliding robotic …

Energy-optimal control for autonomous underwater vehicles using economic model predictive control

N Yang, D Chang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Improving endurance is important for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) as it affects
the operational cost and application range of the vehicle. In this article, we propose an …

Self-tuning adaptive active disturbance rejection pitch control of a manta-ray-like underwater glider

A Jing, J Wang, J Gao, Y Chen, Y Cao, Y Cao, G Pan - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a self-tuning adaptive active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) algorithm for
the pitch angle control of a new manta-ray-like underwater glider—” NPManta II” is …

Game-based distributed optimal formation tracking control of underactuated AUVs based on reinforcement learning

Z Wang, L Zhang, Z Zhu - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper investigates game-based distributed optimal time-varying formation tracking
control problem based on backstepping technique and reinforcement learning (RL) for …

Unmanned surface vehicle energy consumption modelling under various realistic disturbances integrated into simulation environment

W Touzout, Y Benmoussa, D Benazzouz, E Moreac… - Ocean engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Energy consumption estimation and management of the maritime Unmanned Surface
Vehicles (USV) is an important issue to deal with energy minimization techniques such as …

A localization algorithm using a mobile anchor node based on region determination in underwater wireless sensor networks

T Xu, J Wang, W Shi, J Wang, Z Chen - Journal of Ocean University of …, 2019 - Springer
At present, most underwater positioning algorithms improve the positioning accuracy by
increasing the number of anchor nodes which resulting in the increasing energy …

Distributed optimal formation tracking control based on reinforcement learning for underactuated AUVs with asymmetric constraints

Z Wang, L Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the distributed optimal formation tracking control problem based on
backstepping technique and reinforcement learning for multiple underactuated autonomous …