Autonomous underwater vehicle plays a more and more important role in the exploration of
marine resources. Path planning and obstacle avoidance is the core technology to realize …

Autonomous surface vehicles are gaining increasing attention worldwide due to the
potential benefits of improving safety and efficiency. This has raised the interest in …

Search and rescue (SAR) operations can take significant advantage from supporting
autonomous or teleoperated robots and multi-robot systems. These can aid in mapping and …

The small battery capacities of the mobile robot and the un-optimized planning efficiency of
the industrial robot bottlenecked the time efficiency and productivity rate of coverage tasks in …

Reliable data collection techniques, whose aim is to ensure that sensed data are received
successfully by a sink, are essential for applications in Underwater Wireless Sensor …

Fuzzy logic control, due to its simple control structure, easy and cost-effective design, has
been successfully employed to the application of guidance and control in robotic fields. This …

Offshore wind turbines are subjected to highly-varying dynamic loadings and accelerated
material degradation, resulting in the need for structural health monitoring, which increases …

Due to the influence of the complex underwater environment, safety, smoothness, real-time
requirements and poor integrity, the path of autonomous underwater vehicles is mainly …

The underwater path planning problem deals with finding an optimal or sub-optimal route
between an origin point and a termination point in marine environments. The underwater …

Underwater robot designs inspired by the behavior, physiology, and anatomy of fishes can
provide enhanced maneuverability, stealth, and energy efficiency. Over the last two …