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David Wheeler, Lillian Brancalion, Akitomo Kawasaki and Meaghan L. Rourke
The analysis of environmental DNA (eDNA) is a powerful and non-invasive method for monitoring the presence of species in ecosystems. However, ecologists and laboratory staff can find it challenging to use eDNA analysis software effectively due to the unf...
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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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Haichao Wang, Yong Yin and Qianfeng Jing
Accurate positioning and state estimation of surface vessels are prerequisites to achieving autonomous navigation. Recently, the rapid development of 3D LiDARs has promoted the autonomy of both land and aerial vehicles, which has aroused the interest of ...
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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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José Galindo, Héctor Climent, Joaquín de la Morena, David González-Domínguez, Stéphane Guilain and Thomas Besançon
Automotive manufacturers are showing an increasing preference for hybrid powertrains based on advanced gasoline engines. The most extended solution to improve fuel economy in these engines consists in downsizing with direct injection, while turbocharging...
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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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Dongwoo Lee and Joohyun Woo
With active research being conducted on maritime autonomous surface ships, it is becoming increasingly necessary to ensure the safety of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs). In this context, a key task is to correct their paths to avoid obstacles. This pape...
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Sung Mo Koo, Henry Travis and Timothy Sands
This study determines the threshold for the computational rate of actuator motor controllers for unmanned underwater vehicles necessary to accurately follow discontinuous square wave commands. Motors must track challenging square-wave inputs, and identif...
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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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Erik Veitch and Ole Andreas Alsos
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) for Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs) addresses developers? needs for model interpretation, understandability, and trust. As ASVs approach wide-scale deployment, these needs are expanded to include end user inte...
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