[HTML][HTML] Underwater manipulators: A review

S Sivčev, J Coleman, E Omerdić, G Dooly, D Toal - Ocean engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper describes the state-of-the art in the area of underwater robot manipulator
systems. A brief introduction is given on the use of manipulators in various offshore …

[HTML][HTML] Autonomous underwater vehicles: Localization, navigation, and communication for collaborative missions

J González-García, A Gómez-Espinosa… - Applied sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Development of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) has permitted the automatization
of many tasks originally achieved with manned vehicles in underwater environments. Teams …

Survey on traditional and AI based estimation techniques for hydrodynamic coefficients of autonomous underwater vehicle

F Ahmed, X ** marine products with hybrid-driven underwater vehicle-manipulator system
M Cai, Y Wang, S Wang, R Wang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents the comprehensive framework for a hybrid-driven underwater vehicle-
manipulator system (HD-UVMS) to grasp marine products on the seabed. The purpose of …

A fast tube model predictive control scheme based on sliding mode control for underwater vehicle-manipulator system

Y Dai, H Gao, S Yu, Z Ju - Ocean engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel robust fast tube model predictive control (FTMPC) scheme for
controlling the multi-input multi-output (MIMO) underwater vehicle-manipulator system …

Twinbot: Autonomous underwater cooperative transportation

R Pi, P Cieślak, P Ridao, PJ Sanz - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Underwater Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair operations are nowadays performed using
Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) deployed from dynamic-positioning vessels, having …

[HTML][HTML] A contrast-guided approach for the enhancement of low-lighting underwater images

T Porto Marques, A Branzan Albu, M Hoeberechts - Journal of Imaging, 2019 - mdpi.com
Underwater images are often acquired in sub-optimal lighting conditions, in particular at
profound depths where the absence of natural light demands the use of artificial lighting …

Underwater mobile manipulation: A soft arm on a benthic legged robot

J Liu, S Iacoponi, C Laschi, L Wen… - IEEE Robotics & …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotic systems that can explore the sea floor, collect marine samples, gather shallow water
refuse, and perform other underwater tasks are interesting and important in several fields …