Multi-AUV dynamic trajectory optimization and collaborative search combined with task urgency and energy consumption scheduling in 3-D underwater environment …

G Bai, X Hu, Y Shi, W Jiang, X Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
A double layer bio-inspired self-organizing map (DLBSOM) algorithm for multiple
autonomous underwater vehicle (multi-AUV) dynamic task planning to search for multi …

Methods and apparatuses for constructing a 3D sonar image of objects in an underwater environment

M Hunt, SF Kirmani - US Patent 10,281,577, 2019 - Google Patents
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are therefore provided for producing
a 3D image of an underwater environment. An example method for providing an image of an …

Methods and apparatuses for reconstructing a 3D sonar image

SF Kirmani - US Patent 10,061,025, 2018 - Google Patents
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for producing a 3D
image of an underwater environment. 2D sonar return data that defines an angle and …

An autonomous integrated system for 3-D underwater terrain map reconstruction

Z Shen, J Song, K Mittal, S Gupta - OCEANS 2016 MTS/IEEE …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel integrated approach of creating a 3-D surface map of seabed
terrain using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) equipped with various sensors …

Automatic inspection of subsea optical cable by an autonomous underwater vehicle

J Zhang, Q Zhang, X **ang - OCEANS 2017-Aberdeen, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The following topics are dealt with: autonomous underwater vehicles; oceanographic
techniques; mobile robots; underwater acoustic communication; underwater vehicles; …

Coordinated 3D path following for autonomous underwater vehicles via classic PID controller

X **ang, D Chen, C Yu, L Ma - IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 2013 - Elsevier
In this paper we investigate the problem of coordinated path following control of
underactuated autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) in 3D space. A classic PID …

Hovering control of submarine based on L1 adaptive theory via ballast tanks

Y Chen, G Wang, G Xu, W Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
This article proposed a novel method for submarine hovering control implement by ballast
tanks based on L1 adaptive theory. The ballast tanks are able to provide submerge/emerge …