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Xuerao Wang, Yuncheng Ouyang, Xiao Wang and Qingling Wang
In this paper, a finite-time, active fault-tolerant control (AFTC) scheme is proposed for a class of autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) with component faults. The designed AFTC framework is based on an integrated design of fault detection (FD), fault est...
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Xiaoyu Yuan, Chengchang Tong, Guoxiang He and Hongbo Wang
In recent years, the rapid development of artificial intelligence algorithms has promoted the intelligent transformation of the ship industry; unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have become a widely used representative product. The dynamic window approach (...
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Meiyan Zhang, Dongyang Zhao, Cailiang Sheng, Ziqiang Liu and Wenyu Cai
As we all know, target detection and tracking are of great significance for marine exploration and protection. In this paper, we propose one Convolutional-Neural-Network-based target detection method named YOLO-Softer NMS for long-strip target detection ...
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Silvana Neves, Yann Doh, Simona Sacchini, Eric Delory, Antonio Fernández and Ayoze Castro-Alonso
The MARCET project (MAC/1.1b/149) aims to monitor the health status of resident cetaceans in Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) of particular interest for whale-watching in Macaronesia. This study, performed in the Canary Islands, Spain, used an autono...
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Chunmeng Jiang, Jinhua Lv, Lei Wan, Jianguo Wang, Bin He and Gongxing Wu
The classic S-plane control method combines PD structure with fuzzy control theory, with the advantages of a simple control structure and fewer parameters to be adjusted. It has been proved as a practical method in an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) ...
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Maricruz Fun Sang Cepeda, Marcos de Souza Freitas Machado, Fabrício Hudson Sousa Barbosa, Douglas Santana Souza Moreira, Maria José Legaz Almansa, Marcelo Igor Lourenço de Souza and Jean-David Caprace
Operators of offshore production units (OPUs) employ risk-based assessment (RBA) techniques in order to minimise inspection expenses while maintaining risks at an acceptable level. However, when human divers and workers are involved in inspections conduc...
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Jia Zheng, Jincai Chen, Xinjian Wu, Han Liang, Zhi Zheng, Chuanbo Zhu, Yifan Liu, Chao Sun, Chuanqin Wang and Dahua He
As an important sensor of an unmanned surface vehicle (USV), an electro-optical device is usually used to detect ships and obstacles in USV autonomous navigation and collision avoidance. However, the installation perpendicularity error of the electro-opt...
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Chen Cheng, Dong Liu, Jin-Hui Du and Yong-Zheng Li
The identification and classification of obstacles in navigable and non-navigable regions, as well as the measurement of distances, are crucial topics of investigation in the field of autonomous navigation for unmanned surface vehicles (USVs). Currently,...
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Jongdae Jung, Yeongjun Lee, Jeonghong Park and Tae-Kyeong Yeu
Monitoring offshore infrastructure is a challenging task owing to the harsh ocean environment. To reduce human involvement in this task, this study proposes an autonomous surface vehicle (ASV)-based structural monitoring system for inspecting power cable...
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Ali Alakbar Karaki, Marco Bibuli, Massimo Caccia, Ilaria Ferrando, Sara Gagliolo, Angelo Odetti and Domenico Sguerso
In this paper, the state-of-the-art concerning new methodologies for surveying in coastal areas in order to obtain an efficient quantification of submerged and emerged environments is described and evaluated. This work integrates an interdisciplinary app...
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