This journal-like book series includes edited volumes to rapidly report and spread the latest technological results, new scientific discovery and valuable applied researches in the fields concerning offshore robotics as well as promote international academic exchange. We aim to make it one of the premier comprehensive academic publications of world offshore vehicle and robotics community.
The audience of the series will include the scholars, researchers, engineers and students who are interested in fields of autonomous marine vehicles and robotics, including autonomous surface vehicles, autonomous underwater vehicles, remote operation vehicles, marine bionics, marine vehicle modeling, guidance, navigation, control and cooperation and so on.
Author(s): Shun-Feng Su, Ning Wang
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 114
City: Singapore
Contents
Survey on Collision-Avoidance Navigation of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships
1 Introduction
2 State-of-the-Art Autonomous Vessel and Collision Avoidance Technology
2.1 Advances in the MASS
2.2 Advances in Collision Avoidance and Action Planning Technology
3 Maritime Autonomous Navigation Systems
3.1 Challenges in Autonomous Navigation Systems in Uncertain Environment
3.2 Design of Maritime Autonomous Navigation Systems
4 Trade-off Between Autonomy and Navigation Action
5 Trends in Maritime Autonomous Navigation Systems
6 Conclusion
References
Ocean Explorations Using Autonomy: Technologies, Strategies and Applications
1 Introduction
2 Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs) and the Deployment Strategies
2.1 Tasks Management in ASVs
2.2 Machine Learning Used in ASVs
2.3 Multi-ASV Systems and Control Architectures
3 Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
3.1 Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Technologies
3.2 Underwater Communication Technologies
3.3 Control Solutions for AUVs
4 Applications of Multiple Autonomous Marine Vehicles
4.1 Cooperation of Multiple AUVs
4.2 Cooperation of AUVs and ASVs
5 Deployment Strategies of Multiple Autonomous Marine Vehicles
5.1 Coverage Methods
5.2 Cooperative Search Methods
5.3 Formation Control Methods
5.4 Cooperative Navigation Methods
5.5 Rendezvous Planning Methods
6 Conclusions
References
Single-Beacon Based Underwater Robot Navigation
1 Introduction
2 Single-Beacon Navigation: Basic Method
2.1 Kinematic Model
2.2 Measurement Model
2.3 Estimation Solution
3 Dealing with Unknown ESV
3.1 Modified Measurement Model
3.2 State-Augmented Method
3.3 Expectation-Maximization Method
3.4 Variational Bayesian Approximation Method
4 Numerical Studies
4.1 Case 1
4.2 Case 2
5 Conclusions and Future Directions
References
Review on the Research of Ship Automatic Berthing Control
1 Introduction
2 Automatic Berthing Types
2.1 Stabilization Control Outside the Berth
2.2 Direct Berthing
2.3 Stabilization Control Outside the Berth and then Parallel Berthing
3 Difficulties of Research
4 Current Research
4.1 Uncertainties of Models
4.2 Uncertainties of Disturbances
4.3 Stabilization Problems of Underactuated Ship
4.4 Path Planning
4.5 Control Device Accuracy
5 Engineering Practice
6 Prospect
7 Conclusion
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