Smooth path planning method for unmanned surface vessels considering environmental disturbance

J Yu, Z Chen, Z Zhao, X Wang, Y Bai, J Wu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
To solve the problems of unsmooth path planning, insufficient dynamic obstacle avoidance
ability, and environmental disturbance effect on the path planning result, this paper …

[HTML][HTML] Real-time guidance of underwater gliders assisted by predictive ocean models

D Chang, F Zhang, CR Edwards - Journal of Atmospheric and …, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
Real-Time Guidance of Underwater Gliders Assisted by Predictive Ocean Models in:
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology Volume 32 Issue 3 (2015) Jump to …

Obstacle-avoiding path planning for multiple autonomous underwater vehicles with simultaneous arrival

P Yao, SB Qi - Science China Technological Sciences, 2019 - Springer
This paper focuses on planning the obstacle-avoiding paths of multiple autonomous
underwater vehicles (AUVs) in complex ocean environment, with the time coordination of …

Risk-aware path planning using hirerachical constrained markov decision processes

S Feyzabadi, S Carpin - 2014 IEEE International Conference …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Next generation industrial plants will feature mobile robots (eg, autonomous forklifts) moving
side by side with humans. In these scenarios, robots must not only maximize efficiency, but …

Motion tomography: Mapping flow fields using autonomous underwater vehicles

D Chang, W Wu, CR Edwards… - … International Journal of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Since the motion of autonomous underwater vehicles is affected by ambient flow, knowledge
of an environmental flow field can be used to improve the navigation of autonomous …

Three-dimensional time-optimal path planning in the ocean

CS Kulkarni, PFJ Lermusiaux - Ocean Modelling, 2020 - Elsevier
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) operate in the three-dimensional and time-
dependent marine environment with strong and dynamic currents. Our goal is to predict the …

Introspective perception for mobile robots

S Rabiee, J Biswas - Artificial Intelligence, 2023 - Elsevier
Perception algorithms that provide estimates of their uncertainty are crucial to the
development of autonomous robots that can operate in challenging and uncontrolled …

Planning energy-efficient trajectories in strong disturbances

D Jones, GA Hollinger - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a framework for planning energy-efficient trajectories through strong and
uncertain disturbances, such as ocean currents and wind fields. First, we develop an …

Path planning for autonomous underwater vehicles with simultaneous arrival in ocean environment

P Yao, Z Zhao, Q Zhu - IEEE Systems Journal, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article focuses on the time-minimum path planning problem of autonomous underwater
vehicles (AUVs) with the constraint of simultaneous arrival in an ocean environment. The …

Distributionally robust risk map for learning-based motion planning and control: A semidefinite programming approach

A Hakobyan, I Yang - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we propose a novel safety specification tool, called the distributionally robust
risk map (DR-risk map), for a mobile robot operating in a learning-enabled environment …