Sensors and measurements for unmanned systems: An overview

E Balestrieri, P Daponte, L De Vito, F Lamonaca - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
The advance of technology has enabled the development of unmanned systems/vehicles
used in the air, on the ground or on/in the water. The application range for these systems is …

Blockchain and autonomous vehicles: Recent advances and future directions

S Jain, NJ Ahuja, P Srikanth, KV Bhadane… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Blockchain is an underlying technology for securing many real-time applications and their
data. The automobile is one such sector in which auto-manufacturers are looking forward to …

A review of underwater docking and charging technology for autonomous vehicles

J Liu, F Yu, B He, CG Soares - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the development of underwater docking technology and compares the
advantages and disadvantages of various docking methods. Docking station types, acoustic …

Uninterrupted path planning system for Multi-USV sampling mission in a cluttered ocean environment

S MahmoudZadeh, A Abbasi, A Yazdani, H Wang… - Ocean engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents an uninterrupted collision-free path planning system that facilitates the
operational performance of multiple unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) in an ocean …

The state-of-the-arts of underwater wireless power transfer: A comprehensive review and new perspectives

J Zhang, S Cui, Z Bie, F Chen, C Zhu - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2024 - Elsevier
For solving the energy supply problem of underwater equipment, underwater wireless power
transfer technology is becoming a new type of underwater power transfer mode. It has the …

Adversarial deep reinforcement learning based robust depth tracking control for underactuated autonomous underwater vehicle

Z Wang, X **ang, Y Duan, S Yang - Engineering Applications of Artificial …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, an adversarial deep reinforcement learning-based control method is proposed
to address the issue of robust depth tracking of an underactuated autonomous underwater …

Docking to an underwater suspended charging station: Systematic design and experimental tests

M Lin, R Lin, C Yang, D Li, Z Zhang, Y Zhao, W Ding - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Using seafloor docking stations to automatedly recover and recharge autonomous
underwater vehicles (AUV) is an emerging technology to solve the problem of energy …

Underwater optical wireless communications in swarm robotics: A tutorial

PA Hoeher, J Sticklus, A Harlakin - … Communications Surveys & …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Underwater swarm robotics is an emerging topic. Compared to individual autonomous
vehicles, high-capacity communication links are required between the mobile agents. In this …

Adaptive model-parameter-free fault-tolerant trajectory tracking control for autonomous underwater vehicles

C Zhu, B Huang, B Zhou, Y Su, E Zhang - ISA transactions, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper provides a model-parameter-free control strategy for the trajectory tracking
problem of the autonomous underwater vehicle exposed to external disturbances and …

Visual navigation and docking for a planar type AUV docking and charging system

T Wang, Q Zhao, C Yang - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
As being increasingly used for underwater explorations, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
(AUVs) are diversified in their structures and outlines to match up with various mission …