Abstract Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) have been focused on by research
efforts because of their extensive applications in scientific, commercial as well as military …

Underwater robot technologies are crucial for marine resource exploration and autonomous
manipulation, and many breakthroughs have been achieved with key indicators (eg, dive …

Path planning is important to the efficiency and navigation safety of USV autonomous
operation offshore. To improve path planning, this study proposes the improved ant colony …

Localisation, ie estimation of one's position in a given environment is a crucial element of
many mobile systems, manned and unmanned. Due to the high demand for autonomous …

This paper focuses on recent innovations in the methods used for external remote subsea
pipeline inspection. An unmanned method is revealed, in which an Autonomous Underwater …

Underwater terrain aided navigation (TAN) has shown its potential to yield accurate
navigational results for long-term operation of underwater vehicles. Due to its independence …

Autonomous localization and navigation, as an essential research area in robotics, has a
broad scope of applications in various scenarios. To widen the utilization environment and …

The underwater structured light vision system has the characteristics of a large amount of
information, high measurement accuracy, and good robustness, which has attracted the …

Abstract Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are used by the scientific community for
various applications, from collecting well‐distributed high‐quality data to mapping the …

Nowadays, there is a growing awareness on the social and economic importance of the
ocean. In this context, being able to carry out a diverse range of operations underwater is of …