Ship-based contributions to global ocean, weather, and climate observing systems

SR Smith, G Alory, A Andersson, W Asher… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The role ships play in atmospheric, oceanic, and biogeochemical observations is described
with a focus on measurements made near the ocean surface. Ships include merchant and …

Survey on autonomous surface vessels: Part IA new detailed definition of autonomy levels

M Schiaretti, L Chen, RR Negenborn - Computational Logistics: 8th …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Autonomous Surface Vessels (ASVs) have been involved in numerous projects
since the 1990s. Many ASV projects have been successfully realized, and as many are still …

Survey on autonomous surface vessels: Part II-categorization of 60 prototypes and future applications

M Schiaretti, L Chen, RR Negenborn - Computational Logistics: 8th …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Autonomous Surface Vessels (ASVs) have been developed for more than 20 years.
Many ASV projects have been successfully realized, and as many are still under …

Radar-based collision avoidance for unmanned surface vehicles

J Zhuang, L Zhang, S Zhao, J Cao, B Wang… - China Ocean …, 2016 - Springer
Unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) have become a focus of research because of their
extensive applications. To ensure safety and reliability and to perform complex tasks …

Research on the course control of USV based on improved ADRC

J Hu, Y Ge, X Zhou, S Liu, J Wu - Systems Science & Control …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In order to improve the course control accuracy of unmanned surface vehicle (USV), a
course control system based on improved active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) is …

On fuzzy self-adaptive PID control for USV course

F Yunsheng, S **aojie, W Guofeng… - 2015 34th Chinese …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The course control system of an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) is a complex system with
time-varying, nonlinear and multi-disturbances. Combining with PID control and fuzzy logic …

Design and experimental validation of a nonlinear controller for underactuated surface vessels

W **e, J Reis, D Cabecinhas, C Silvestre - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
This paper addresses the problem of trajectory tracking control of an underactuated surface
vessel moving in a two-dimensional space in the presence of unknown disturbances. In a …

Optimal path planning of unmanned surface vehicles

Y Singh, S Sharma, D Hatton, R Sutton - 2018 - nopr.niscpr.res.in
Present study reviews the current methodologies adopted for optimal path planning of single
unmanned surface vehicles and studies associated with swarm of unmanned surface …

Multi-dimensional water sampling unmanned surface vehicle development and application

M Zhang, D Li, J **ong, Y He - International Journal of Dynamics and …, 2023 - Springer
Although unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) have been repeatedly used in water
environment monitoring, for the conventional water sampling missions of freshwater …

A low-cost, autonomous mobile platform for limnological investigations, supported by high-resolution mesoscale airborne imagery

DA Barry, JL Liardon, P Paccaud, P Klaus… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Two complementary measurement systems—built upon an autonomous floating craft and a
tethered balloon—for lake research and monitoring are presented. The autonomous vehicle …