Convolutional neural networks or vision transformers: Who will win the race for action recognitions in visual data?

O Moutik, H Sekkat, S Tigani, A Chehri, R Saadane… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Understanding actions in videos remains a significant challenge in computer vision, which
has been the subject of several pieces of research in the last decades. Convolutional neural …

Small Unmanned Surface Vessels—A Review and Critical Analysis of Relations to Safety and Safety Assurance of Larger Autonomous Ships

V Bolbot, A Sandru, T Saarniniemi, O Puolakka… - Journal of Marine …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Autonomous ships represent an emerging paradigm within the maritime sector, poised to
bring multiple advantages. Although numerous prototypes have been developed, the …

milliAmpere: an autonomous ferry prototype

EF Brekke, E Eide, BOH Eriksen… - Journal of Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we summarize the experiences with the autonomous passenger ferry
development prototype milliAmpere, which has been used as a test platform in several …

Adaptive impedance control for docking robot via Stewart parallel mechanism

Z Chen, G Zhan, Z Jiang, W Zhang, Z Rao, H Wang… - ISA transactions, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper provides an adaptive impedance control strategy about docking robot, a locking
mechanism scheme based on the Stewart platform developing for the problem of excessive …

Digital twin for autonomous collaborative robot by using synthetic data and reinforcement learning

D Kim, M Choi, J Um - Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2024 - Elsevier
Training robots in real-world environments can be challenging due to time and cost
constraints. To overcome these limitations, robots can be trained in virtual environments …

A visual servoing scheme for autonomous aquaculture net pens inspection using ROV

W Akram, A Casavola, N Kapetanović, N Miškovic - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aquaculture net pens inspection and monitoring are important to ensure net stability and fish
health in the fish farms. Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) offer a low-cost and …

[HTML][HTML] A review of autonomous berthing technology for ships

J Cai, G Chen, J Yin, C Ding, Y Suo, J Chen - Journal of Marine Science …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Autonomous berthing technology is a crucial engineering control problem within the ship
intelligence system, encompassing a series of complex operations and technologies. Firstly …

Enhanced indoor localization based BLE using Gaussian process regression and improved weighted kNN

MT Le - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Indoor positioning has attracted commercial developers and researchers in the last few
decades. Global positioning system (GPS) cannot well localize in indoor environment. For …

Automated docking for marine surface vessels—a survey

SJN Lexau, M Breivik, AM Lekkas - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Research on motion control systems for marine surface vessels has generated a vast
academic literature and many industrial applications since the early 20th century. The recent …

Development and experimental validation of visual-inertial navigation for auto-docking of unmanned surface vehicles

Ø Volden, A Stahl, TI Fossen - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Docking is a safety-critical operation for autonomous surface vehicles and requires highly
accurate navigation signals. Since Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) can be …