The rapid development of autonomous systems and Information and Communications
Technologies (ICT) create new opportunities for maritime activities. Existing autonomous …

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 …

This paper presents the optimization of a novel docking design for docking and charging of
autonomous underwater vehicles. The docking design has been optimized to maximize the …

This paper presents the results of multi-national collaboration during the sea trial held in the
coastal waters of La Spezia, Italy, in the period 17 Oct.–07 Nov. 2012. The trial was …

This paper addresses the problem of developing an autonomous cooperative multi-vehicle
system composed of one simple low-cost unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) guided by a …

This paper is focused on the development and at-field testing of a mission control
architecture applied to an autonomous mine hunting scenario. In this work the Charlie …

(57) ABSTRACT A diver navigation, information and safety buoy system and method. The
system and method incorporate a float device, and an ultra-short baseline acoustic array in …

This article describes the collaborative effort between NURC and CNR-ISSIA to increase the
functional autonomy of Unmanned Surface Vehicles. The assets used for this demonstration …

In the context of autonomous exploration and observation of water areas by means of
Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs), this work describes the improvements developed with …

The coordination of multiple autonomous platforms is becoming increasingly prevalent in the
maritime sector. The inaugural Robot-X competition in Singapore, hosted by the United …