Scientific knowledge on autonomous-driving technology is expanding at a faster-than-ever
pace. As a result, the likelihood of incurring information overload is particularly notable for …

This paper aims to provide a review of the conceptual design and theoretical framework of
the main control schemes proposed in the literature for unmanned underwater vehicles …

A green-oriented transition of energy has propelled the thriving development of the electric
marine surface vehicle fleet (EMSVF). To extend the application potential in marine …

Offshore mechatronics systems engineering has recently received high attentions in various
sectors such as energy, transportation, etc. Specifically, offshore robotic vehicles have …

This paper investigates the path planning problem for unmanned surface vehicle (USV),
wherein the goal is to find the shortest, smoothest, most economical and safest path in the …

Many USVs are equipped with navigation, guidance and control (NGC) algorithms due to
human errors that is present in manual navigation of surface vehicles. The Morvarid, a …

Water pollution generated by accidental spill of hazardous materials is a growing problem
worldwide. There is an urgent need for a tool that would help environmental response teams …

In this paper, a hybrid Voronoi-based ant colony optimization (V-ACO) technique for multiple
autonomous marine vehicles (AMVs) is proposed to solve adaptive ocean sampling …

In this paper, we present the design, modeling, and real-time nonlinear model predictive
control (NMPC) of an autonomous robotic boat. The robot is easy to manufacture, highly …

This paper investigates the model-free trajectory tracking control problem for an autonomous
underwater vehicle (AUV) subject to the ocean currents, external disturbances …