A survey of maritime unmanned search system: Theory, applications and future directions

J Li, G Zhang, C Jiang, W Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The rising frequency of ocean activities, such as ocean transportation and marine resources
development, inevitably leads to a higher incidence of sudden accidents at sea. Maritime …

[HTML][HTML] Target localization using information fusion in WSNs-based Marine search and rescue

X Mei, D Han, Y Chen, H Wu, T Ma - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Marine search and rescue (MSR) is considered the last line of defense for human life at sea.
Recently, a prospective MSR strategy based on wireless sensor networks (WSNs) has been …

Exploring risk governance deficits of maritime Search and Rescue in Canada

J Cucinelli, F Goerlandt, R Pelot - Marine Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) is an essential component of ensuring the
safety of life at sea. Canadian SAR regions comprise vast sea areas, posing challenges to …

An Improved NSGA-II based on multi-task optimization for Multi-UAV maritime search and rescue under severe weather

Y Ma, B Li, W Huang, Q Fan - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
The international trade heavily relies on maritime transportation. Due to the vastness of the
ocean, once an accident happens, fast maritime search and rescue (MSR) is a must, as it is …

[PDF][PDF] 基于特征增强的海面强干扰目标检测

龙翔, 陈华杰, 吴浩宇, 余迪 - Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025 - researching.cn
摘要针对海上搜救行动中海面目标检测任务面临的高动态背景干扰, 多尺度目标检测,
小目标特征信息易丢失等问题, 基于特征增强, 自适应特征融合的思想, 以YOLOv8 …

A Quick Pheromone Matrix Adaptation Ant Colony Optimization for Dynamic Customers in the Vehicle Routing Problem.

Y Liu, Z Wang, J Liu - Journal of Marine Science & …, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
The path planning problem is an important issue in maritime search and rescue. This paper
models the path planning problem as a dynamic vehicle routing problem. It first designs a …

Hybrid Optimal Control of a Flying+ Sailing Drone

T Yasini, A Pakniyat - ASME Letters in Dynamic …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper studies the combined maneuver of flying and sailing for a robotic system which is
referred to as a flying+ sailing drone. Due to the emergence of hybrid systems behavior in …

A Time-Domain Planning Method for Surface Rescue Process of Amphibious Aircraft for Medium/Distant Maritime Rescue

L Yang, R Yin, Y Xue, Y Tian, H Liu - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Medium/distant maritime rescue is significantly important in the development of maritime
business. For typical medium/distant maritime rescue, the range limitation of helicopters and …

Coverage Path Planning for Maritime Search based on Reinforcement Learning with Path Expansion Strategy

C Zhang, C Wu, H Chen - 2024 7th International Conference on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In maritime search and rescue (SAR) operations, the planning of search paths directly
impacts the efficiency of rescuing individuals in distress at sea. This study proposes a path …

Hybrid Optimal Control of a Flying+ Sailing Drone: Flying with 6 and Sailing with 5 Degrees of Freedom

T Yasini, A Pakniyat - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper studies a multi-modal robotic system referred to as a flying+ sailing drone with
the consideration of six degrees of freedom (6-DoF) for flying and 5-DoF for sailing, ie, a …