Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Control and Propulsion Systems Design
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "E: Electric Vehicles".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 July 2021) | Viewed by 1144
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Interests: control theory; control applications; mechatronics; differential flatness, model-free control; power electronics; AUVs
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Interests: fault detection and diagnosis; failure prognosis; cyberattack detection; fault-resilient control; machine learning
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Interests: mechatronic modeling and simulation; robots task-based design; robots model-based control; evolutionary optimization; propulsion of autonomous underwater robots; vector thrusters
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the last three decades, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have gained capabilities in many applications. This is the case for long-range surveillance missions, deep-sea operations, off-shore installations inspection, mapping of the sea floor, securing harbors, searching for sea-mine, etc. All these operations require accurate maneuverability and low energy consumption.
It seems, however, that many AUVs are designed for specific applications and that recent research efforts aim to overcome this fact. Indeed, recent control strategies associated with propulsion innovations try to improve AUV capabilities. This is also the case in recent developments of vector thrusters, which help to reduce the number of thrusters and the energy consumption, while enhancing agility by using mechanisms that allow propulsion in many directions.
This Special Issue aims to collect original research or review articles on recent, advanced subjects in the field of AUVs, especially in the design, the control, the development of propulsion topology and the development of new types of thrusters.
Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Delaleau
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Benbouzid
Dr. Olivier Chocron
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- AUVs modelling and design
- Propulsion reconfiguration
- Vector thrusters
- AUV Control
- Propeller Control
- AUVs missions
- Innovative propulsion
- Propulsion system design and optimization
- AUV controllability over a trajectory
