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Laughlin D. L. Barker and Louis L. Whitcomb
This paper addresses the problem of ice-relative underwater robotic vehicle navigation relative to moving or stationary contiguous sea ice. A review of previously-reported under-ice navigation methods is given, as well as motivation for the use of under-...
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Haoyuan Cheng, Qi Chen, Xiangwei Zeng, Haoxun Yuan and Linjie Zhang
In response to the critical need for autonomous navigation capabilities of underwater vehicles independent of satellites, this paper studies a novel navigation and control method based on underwater polarization patterns. We propose an underwater course ...
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Yevgeni Gutnik and Morel Groper
Precise close range underwater electromagnetic navigation and docking.
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Jiqing Du, Dan Zhou and Sachiyo Arai
This study introduces a hybrid control structure called Improved Interfered Fluid Dynamic System Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (IIFDS-NMPC) for the path planning and trajectory tracking of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). The system consists o...
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Valery Bobkov, Antonina Shupikova and Alexander Inzartsev
The inspection of condition of underwater pipelines (UPs) based on autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) requires high accuracy of positioning while the AUV is moving along to the object being examined. Currently, acoustic, magnetometric, and visual mean...
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Xinyang Zhao, Shaohua Jin, Gang Bian, Yang Cui, Junsen Wang, Yulin Tang and Chao Jiang
In response to the absence of standardized work practices, work safety measures, efficient work procedures, and suitable line planning methods for exploring seabed topography using autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) equipped with side-scan sonar syste...
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Hongli Xu, Hongxu Yang, Zhongyu Bai and Xiangyue Zhang
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are important in areas such as underwater scientific research and underwater resource collection. However, AUVs suffer from data portability and energy portability problems due to their physical size limitation. In t...
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Bo Wang and Tijing Cai
Gravity-aided inertial navigation system (GAINS) is an important development in autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) navigation. An effective path planning algorithm plays an important role in the performance of navigation in long-term underwater missions...
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Ziyuan Li, Huapeng Yu, Ye Li, Tongsheng Shen, Chongyang Wang and Zheng Cong
Accumulating evidence suggests that migrating animals store navigational ?maps? in their brains, decoding location information from geomagnetic information based on their perception of the magnetic field. Inspired by this phenomenon, a novel geomagnetic ...
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Pengcheng Mu, Xin Zhang, Ping Qin and Bo He
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is a well-known solution for mapping and realizing autonomous navigation of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) in unknown underwater environments. However, the inaccurate time-varying observation noise wil...
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Alexander Konoplin, Nikita Konoplin and Alexander Yurmanov
The article considers the issues of development of a smart system for supporting activities of ROV operators and its practical implementation for the efficient operation a ROV Comanche 18 that is based on the R/V Akademik M.A. Lavrentiev. The system uses...
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Zhizun Xu, Maryam Haroutunian, Alan J. Murphy, Jeff Neasham and Rose Norman
Underwater navigation presents crucial issues because of the rapid attenuation of electronic magnetic waves. The conventional underwater navigation methods are achieved by acoustic equipment, such as the ultra-short-baseline localisation systems and Dopp...
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António José Oliveira, Bruno Miguel Ferreira and Nuno Alexandre Cruz
In underwater navigation, sonars are useful sensing devices for operation in confined or structured environments, enabling the detection and identification of underwater environmental features through the acquisition of acoustic images. Nonetheless, in t...
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Itzik Klein and Roee Diamant
Between external position updates, the most useful technique for trajectory estimation of a submerged drifter is dead reckoning (DR). These devices drift with the water current to measure the current?s velocity or to observe physical phenomena. We focus ...
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Ðula Nad, Filip Mandic and Nikola Mi?kovic
SCUBA diving activities are classified as high-risk due to the dangerous environment, dependency on technical equipment that ensures life support, reduced underwater navigation and communication capabilities all of which compromise diver safety. While au...
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Romano Capocci, Gerard Dooly, Edin Omerdic, Joseph Coleman, Thomas Newe and Daniel Toal
This paper presents a review of inspection-class Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). The review divides the classification of inspection-class ROVs; categorising the vehicles in order of size and capability. A state of the art technology review is underta...
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Romano Capocci, Gerard Dooly, Edin Omerdic, Joseph Coleman, Thomas Newe and Daniel Toal
This paper presents a review of inspection-class Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). The review divides the classification of inspection-class ROVs; categorising the vehicles in order of size and capability. A state of the art technology review is underta...
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Timothy Sands, Kevin Bollino, Isaac Kaminer and Anthony Healey
Submersed obstacle avoidance in unknown ocean currents via guidance, navigation, and control for autonomous underwater vehicles.
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Shihming Chen, Tsungyin Lin, Kaiyi Jheng and Chengmao Wu
Autonomous underwater vehicles and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) are unmanned underwater vehicles widely used in marine environments. Establishing an efficient obstacle avoidance approach in underwater environments remains a challenge for these vehic...
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Ana Rita Gaspar and Aníbal Matos
Some structures in the harbour environment need to be inspected regularly. However, these scenarios present a major challenge for the accurate estimation of a vehicle?s position and subsequent recognition of similar images. In these scenarios, visibility...
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