Dual-channel LIDAR searching, positioning, tracking and landing system for rotorcraft from ships at sea

T Zeng, H Wang, X Sun, H Li, Z Lu, F Tong… - The Journal of …, 2022 - cambridge.org
To address the shortcomings of existing methods for rotorcraft searching, positioning,
tracking and landing on a ship at sea, a dual-channel LIDAR searching, positioning, tracking …

Four-channel LIDAR relative navigation system for rocket first stage recovery at sea

T Zeng, H Wang, W Wei, H Cheng, CL Zheng… - Computer …, 2021 - Elsevier
In view of the shortcomings of “GPS+ INS+ two-way data link” navigation solution for rocket
first stage recovery using vertical landing droneship, a four-channel light detection and …

Ship Position and Attitude Sensing Method Based on Lidar

J LAN, M ZHENG, X CHU, C LIU, Y WU - Geomatics and Information …, 2023 - ch.whu.edu.cn
Objectives: To achieve accurate shore-based measurement of the ship's position, speed,
yaw angle and other key motion parameters when a ship enters the ship chamber of the ship …

Design of dual-LiDAR high precision natural navigation system

H Zhang, L Yu, S Fei - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the further development of online shopping and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,
the logistics industry has further increased the demand for unmanned, automated …

Attitude Estimation Method for Target Ships Based on LiDAR Point Clouds via An Improved RANSAC

S Wei, Y Xiao, X Yang, H Wang - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The accurate attitude estimation of target ships plays a vital role in ensuring the safety of
marine transportation, especially for tugs. A Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) system …

A ship high-precision positioning method in the lock chamber based on LiDAR

J Lan, M Zheng, X Chu, C Liu, S Ding - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate perception of ship position can assist ships in safe navigation in the lock. However,
due to the limited space in the lock chamber, the satellite positioning signal is unstable …

Navigation Doppler lidar sensor for precision landing of China's Chang'E-5 lunar lander

W Xu, Y Hongxuan, H Jiang, P Tong, Y Kuang, M Li… - Applied Optics, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Lidar technology is playing an important role in the application of autonomous navigation
and hazard avoidance for the landing and cruising exploration on planetary bodies, such as …

Comparative analysis of 3D LiDAR scan-matching methods for state estimation of autonomous surface vessel

H Wang, Y Yin, Q Jing - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
Accurate positioning and state estimation of surface vessels are prerequisites to achieving
autonomous navigation. Recently, the rapid development of 3D LiDARs has promoted the …

Mapping and localization for autonomous ship using LiDAR SLAM on the sea

R Sawada, K Hirata - Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 2023 - Springer
In this study, the accuracy of estimation of the ship's position and the heading angle using
simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) with a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) at …

Fixed-point landing method for unmanned aerial vehicles using multi-sensor pattern detection

C Zou, L Li, G Cai, R Lin - Unmanned Systems, 2024 - World Scientific
Conventional autonomous landing systems for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) mainly rely
on global positioning systems (GPS) or a single visual sensor, which identifies specific …