Path planning technologies for autonomous underwater vehicles-a review

D Li, P Wang, L Du - Ieee Access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is an economical and safe tool that is well-suited
for search, investigation, identification, and salvage operations on the sea floor. Path …

Unlocking the ocean 6G: a review of path-planning techniques for maritime data harvesting assisted by autonomous marine vehicles

L Zhao, Y Bai - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2024 - mdpi.com
Seamless integration of both terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks is crucial to providing
full-dimensional wireless and ubiquitous coverage, particularly catering to those engaged in …

Cooperative coverage path planning for visual inspection

SS Mansouri, C Kanellakis, E Fresk, D Kominiak… - Control Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
This article addresses the inspection problem of a complex 3D infrastructure using multiple
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The main novelty of the proposed scheme stems from …

A survey on inspecting structures using robotic systems

R Almadhoun, T Taha, L Seneviratne… - … Journal of Advanced …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Advancements in robotics and autonomous systems are being deployed nowadays in many
application domains such as search and rescue, industrial automation, domestic services …

Efficient visual exploration and coverage with a micro aerial vehicle in unknown environments

L Heng, A Gotovos, A Krause… - 2015 IEEE International …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a novel and computationally efficient algorithm for simultaneous
exploration and coverage with a vision-guided micro aerial vehicle (MAV) in unknown …

Coverage path planning with real‐time replanning and surface reconstruction for inspection of three‐dimensional underwater structures using autonomous …

E Galceran, R Campos, N Palomeras… - Journal of Field …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We present a novel method for planning coverage paths for inspecting complex structures
on the ocean floor using an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). Our method initially …

[HTML][HTML] The pinax-model for accurate and efficient refraction correction of underwater cameras in flat-pane housings

T Łuczyński, M Pfingsthorn, A Birk - Ocean Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
The calibration and refraction correction process for underwater cameras with flat-pane
interfaces is presented that is very easy and convenient to use in real world applications …

Reinforcement learning-based complete area coverage path planning for a modified hTrihex robot

KGS Apuroop, AV Le, MR Elara, BJ Sheu - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
One of the essential attributes of a cleaning robot is to achieve complete area coverage.
Current commercial indoor cleaning robots have fixed morphology and are restricted to …

An online path planning algorithm for autonomous marine geomorphological surveys based on AUV

Y Zhang, Q Wang, Y Shen, B He - Engineering Applications of Artificial …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper proposed a data-driven bi-pattern (DDBP) path planning algorithm for ocean
geomorphological surveys based on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs). When an …

Multisensor online 3D view planning for autonomous underwater exploration

E Vidal, N Palomeras, K Istenič… - Journal of Field …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents a novel octree‐based three‐dimensional (3D) exploration and coverage
method for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Robotic exploration can be defined as …