Path planning and collision avoidance for autonomous surface vehicles I: a review
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DOI: 10.1007/s00773-020-00787-6
Abstract: Autonomous surface vehicles are gaining increasing attention worldwide due to the potential benefits of improving safety and efficiency. This has raised the interest in developing methods for path planning that can reduce the risk of… read more here.
Keywords: autonomous surface; path planning; collision avoidance; surface vehicles ... See more keywords
Continuous Positioning with Recurrent Auto-Regressive Neural Network for Unmanned Surface Vehicles in GPS Outages
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DOI: 10.1007/s11063-021-10688-3
Abstract: As the vital operation information of unmanned surface vehicles, the positioning data are usually measured with GPS/INS (Global Position System/Inertial Navigation System) which faces measurement loss and calculation failure during GPS outages in a complex… read more here.
Keywords: neural network; unmanned surface; continuous positioning; gps outages ... See more keywords
Hybrid Collision Avoidance for Autonomous Surface Vehicles
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.09.460
Abstract: Abstract Autonomous vehicles and collision avoidance (COLAV) systems are advancing rapidly. However, the majority of the COLAV methods developed are not designed for vehicles with second-order nonholonomic constraints, such as autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs). This… read more here.
Keywords: collision avoidance; colav; autonomous surface; surface vehicles ... See more keywords
Neuro-adaptive containment control of unmanned surface vehicles with disturbance observer and collision-free.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.isatra.2022.01.004
Abstract: The adaptive containment control problem with collision avoidance is investigated for unmanned surface vehicles (USVs). At first, the finite time disturbance observer is developed to present the estimation and compensation of external disturbance. Then, incorporating… read more here.
Keywords: unmanned surface; adaptive containment; containment; containment control ... See more keywords
Experimental results of the cooperative operation of autonomous surface vehicles navigating in complex marine environment
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DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.108256
Abstract: Abstract Experimental results are presented of the cooperative operation of two maritime autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) executing a pre-defined task in a complex marine environment. The ASVs are equipped with algorithms for motion-planning, path-following and… read more here.
Keywords: marine environment; autonomous surface; complex marine; experimental results ... See more keywords
A Robust Finite-Time Output Feedback Control Scheme for Marine Surface Vehicles Formation
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2018.2857620
Abstract: In view of the marine surface vehicles are subject to unknown time-varying external disturbance and its velocities are not available for feedback, a robust finite-time output feedback control scheme is presented for multiple marine surface… read more here.
Keywords: finite time; time; surface vehicles; marine surface ... See more keywords
An Active Fault Detection for Unmanned Surface Vehicles With Minor Fault
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2022.3221809
Abstract: This article proposes an active fault detection method for Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) with uncertain bounded disturbance to achieve the minor faults detection of USV. In practice, minor faults are the early cases of normal… read more here.
Keywords: active fault; surface vehicles; fault detection; detection ... See more keywords
Autonomous Berthing of Unmanned Surface Vehicles Based on Improved Dubins-RRT Algorithm and Non-Singular Terminal Sliding Mode Control
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2023.3271717
Abstract: Autonomous berthing is the last step to achieving the autonomous operation of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs). Due to the significant disturbance of wind, waves, and currents and the uncertainties of the model, it is difficult… read more here.
Keywords: dubins rrt; surface vehicles; autonomous berthing; control ... See more keywords
Velocity and Disturbance Robust Nonlinear Estimator for Autonomous Surface Vehicles Equipped With Position Sensors
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DOI: 10.1109/tcst.2021.3136334
Abstract: This brief presents a robust nonlinear state estimator for autonomous surface vehicles, where the movement is restricted to the horizontal plane. It is assumed that only the vehicle position and orientation can be measured, being… read more here.
Keywords: surface vehicles; autonomous surface; estimator autonomous; robust nonlinear ... See more keywords
Constrained Control of Autonomous Surface Vehicles for Multitarget Encirclement via Fuzzy Modeling and Neurodynamic Optimization
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DOI: 10.1109/tfuzz.2022.3191087
Abstract: This article addresses the cooperative multitarget encircling control of underactuated autonomous surface vehicles with unknown kinetics subject to velocity and input constraints. A distributed observer is designed for the vehicles to estimate the geometric center… read more here.
Keywords: surface vehicles; control; autonomous surface; law developed ... See more keywords
Filtered Probabilistic Model Predictive Control-Based Reinforcement Learning for Unmanned Surface Vehicles
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DOI: 10.1109/tii.2022.3142323
Abstract: In this article, we address the difficulty of controlling unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) under unforeseeable and unobservable external disturbances using model-based reinforcement learning (MBRL) without human’s prior knowledge. A novel MBRL approach, filtered probabilistic model… read more here.
Keywords: reinforcement learning; surface vehicles; control; based reinforcement ... See more keywords