A survey on unmanned surface vehicles for disaster robotics: Main challenges and directions

VAM Jorge, R Granada, RG Maidana, DA Jurak… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Disaster robotics has become a research area in its own right, with several reported cases of
successful robot deployment in actual disaster scenarios. Most of these disaster …

Autonomous vessels: state of the art and potential opportunities in logistics

Y Gu, JC Goez, M Guajardo… - … in Operational Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The growth in technology on autonomous transportation systems is currently motivating a
number of research initiatives. This paper first presents a survey of the literature on …

Applications of robotics in floating offshore wind farm operations and maintenance: Literature review and trends

O Khalid, G Hao, C Desmond, H Macdonald… - Wind …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Marine operations required to transfer technicians and equipment represent a significant
proportion of the total cost of offshore wind. The profile of sites being considered for floating …

[HTML][HTML] Review of floating object manipulation by autonomous multi-vessel systems

Z Du, RR Negenborn, V Reppa - Annual Reviews in Control, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

An outlook on the future marine traffic management system for autonomous ships

M Martelli, A Virdis, A Gotta, P Cassarà… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the shipping digitalisation process, the peak will be reached with the advent of a wholly
autonomous and at the same time safe and reliable ship. Full autonomy could be obtained …

The impact of autonomous ships in regional waterways

W Wang, S Wang, L Zhen, G Laporte - Transportation Research Part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Technological innovation has been reshaping all walks of life, and the marine shipping
industry is no exception. Autonomous vessels have gained significant attention due to their …

Drivers, opportunities, and barriers, for adoption of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS)

AS Alamoush, AI Ölçer, F Ballini - Journal of International Maritime …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The introduction of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) into the
maritime transport sector has significantly accelerated, as illustrated by the growth of project …

SWAMP, an Autonomous Surface Vehicle expressly designed for extremely shallow waters

A Odetti, G Bruzzone, M Altosole, M Viviani, M Caccia - Ocean Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Wetlands, the geographic areas where water meets the earth, are ecosystems essential for
life and an increasing number of conventions, directives and research projects recognise the …

Needs-driven heterogeneous multi-robot cooperation in rescue missions

Q Yang, R Parasuraman - 2020 ieee international symposium …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper focuses on the teaming aspects and the role of heterogeneity in a multi-robot
system applied to robot-aided urban search and rescue (USAR) missions. We propose a …

Survey on autonomous surface vessels: Part II-categorization of 60 prototypes and future applications

M Schiaretti, L Chen, RR Negenborn - Computational Logistics: 8th …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Autonomous Surface Vessels (ASVs) have been developed for more than 20 years.
Many ASV projects have been successfully realized, and as many are still under …