A unified simulation framework for wave energy powered underwater vehicle docking and charging

M Chen, R Vivekanandan, CJ Rusch, D Okushemiya… - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
As wave energy conversion technology advances, recharge of autonomous underwater
vehicles has emerged as a promising application for this at-sea power. We bring together an …

Model Predictive Control for an Autonomous Underwater Robot with Fully Vectored Propulsion

T Gao, Y Luo, C Lv, W Luo, X Fu, N Zhao… - … on Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the low motion efficiency and maneuver-ability of underwater robots with six degrees
of freedom, it is challenging for them to respond quickly to the attitude requirements during …

Structured Light-Based Underwater Collision-Free Navigation and Dense Map** System for Refined Exploration in Unknown Dark Environments

Y Ou, J Fan, C Zhou, S Kang, Z Zhang… - … on Systems, Man …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Underwater collision-free navigation and dense reconstruction are essential for marine
refined exploration. However, existing passive vision-based methods are difficult to apply in …

Improving the perception of visual fiducial markers in the field using Adaptive Active Exposure Control

Z Ren, S Lensgraf, A Quattrini Li - International Symposium on …, 2023 - Springer
Accurate localization is fundamental for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to carry
out precise tasks, such as manipulation and construction. Vision-based solutions using …

An Efficient Detection and Control System for Underwater Docking using Machine Learning and Realistic Simulation: A Comprehensive Approach

J Chavez-Galaviz, J Li, M Bergman… - ar**_oceans2024.pdf" data-clk="hl=en&sa=T&oi=gga&ct=gga&cd=7&d=2074813928251362192&ei=eZmrZ-6fHdaIieoP4pXqgQk" data-clk-atid="kIt0YEY4yxwJ" target="_blank">[PDF] oregonstate.edu

1 Motion-Aware Underwater Robotic Gras**

RK Singh, GFA Hollinger - OCEANS 2024-Halifax, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gras** moving objects underwater introduces an entirely new set of challenges in contrast
with structured terrestrial or industrial environments. Underwater environments are highly …

Predictive Control Strategy for AUV Docking with a Mobile Station and Co-Visibility Constraints

Y Oliveira, RP Jain, J Nicola… - OCEANS 2024 …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper address the problem of docking an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) with
a mobile docking station using Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) strategy. The …

[PDF][PDF] Autonomous Underwater Docking and Recharging

R Vivekanandan, GA Hollinger - tethys-engineering.pnnl.gov
The development of autonomous underwater docking systems is essential due to the limited
endurance of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), which necessitates their frequent …