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Navigation and Localization for Autonomous Marine Vehicles
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Navigation and Localization for Autonomous Marine Vehicles

A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Ocean Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 July 2024 | Viewed by 5964

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Dr. David Moreno-Salinas

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Department of Computer Science and Automatic Control, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: localization; control; sensor networks; marine vehicles; identification and modelling
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Dear Colleagues,

Marine robotics aims to design and develop systems, as well as to provide support to their operation, for scientific research and commercial applications. Recent advances in miniaturized sensors, energy-efficient actuators, and low-cost embedded computer systems are impacting the development of autonomous, remotely operated, and hybrid marine vehicles. Current technology is also enabling the operation of multiple marine vehicles working in cooperation by exploiting the availability of increasingly sophisticated technologies for underwater communication networks. At the core of this trend, navigation and localization of autonomous marine vehicles are key for the suitable and reliable development of missions at sea. Therefore, this Special Issue is focused on collecting the latest experiments, applications, advances, and challenges related to navigation and localization of autonomous, surface and underwater, marine vehicles.

Dr. David Moreno-Salinas
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Keywords

  • autonomous underwater and surface vehicles (AUVs, USVs)
  • guidance, navigation and path planning
  • SLAM, localization and tracking
  • control, modelling and simulation
  • fault diagnosis and fault tolerance
  • sensor networks, underwater sensing
  • cooperative surface and underwater vehicles
  • machine learning methods for marine robotics
  • communication systems
  • applications, case studies, field trials, and experimental results

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Collaborative Path Planning of Multiple AUVs Based on Adaptive Multi-Population PSO
by Liwei Zhi and Yi Zuo
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2024, 12(2), 223; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12020223 - 26 Jan 2024
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Collaborative operations of multiple AUVs have been becoming increasingly popular and efficient in underwater tasks of marine applications. Autonomous navigation capability and cooperative control stability of multiple AUVs are crucial and challenging issues in underwater environments. To address the collaborative problem of path [...] Read more.
Collaborative operations of multiple AUVs have been becoming increasingly popular and efficient in underwater tasks of marine applications. Autonomous navigation capability and cooperative control stability of multiple AUVs are crucial and challenging issues in underwater environments. To address the collaborative problem of path planning for multiple AUVs, this paper proposes an adaptive multi-population particle swarm optimization (AMP-PSO). In AMP-PSO, we design a grouping strategy of multi-population and an exchanging mechanism of particles between groups. We separate particles into one leader population and various follower populations according to their fitness. Firstly, in the grouping strategy, particles within the leader population are updated by both the leader population and follower populations so as to keep global optimization, while particles within the follower population are updated by their own group so as to keep local priority. Secondly, in the exchanging mechanism, particles are exchanged between the leader population and follower populations so as to improve multi-population diversity. To accommodate multi-population characteristics, an adaptive parameter configuration is also included to enhance the global search capability, convergence speed, and complex environment adaptability of AMP-PSO. In numerical experiments, we simulate various scenarios of collaborative path planning of multiple AUVs in an underwater environment. The simulation results convincingly demonstrate that AMP-PSO can obtain feasible and optimal path solutions compared to classic PSO and other improved PSO, which enable multiple AUVs to effectively achieve objectives under the conditions of collision avoidance and navigation constraint. Full article
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Robust Model Predictive Control Based on Active Disturbance Rejection Control for a Robotic Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
by Jaime Arcos-Legarda and Álvaro Gutiérrez
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11(5), 929; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11050929 - 26 Apr 2023
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This work aims to develop a robust model predictive control (MPC) based on the active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) approach by using a discrete extended disturbance observer (ESO). The proposed technique uses the ADRC approach to lump disturbances and uncertainties into a total [...] Read more.
This work aims to develop a robust model predictive control (MPC) based on the active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) approach by using a discrete extended disturbance observer (ESO). The proposed technique uses the ADRC approach to lump disturbances and uncertainties into a total disturbance, which is estimated with a discrete ESO and rejected through feedback control. Thus, the effects of the disturbances are attenuated, and a model predictive control is designed based on a canonical model free of uncertainties and disturbances. The proposed control technique is tested through simulation into a robotic autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The AUV’s dynamic model is used to compare the performance of a classical MPC and the combined MPC-ADRC. The evaluation results show evidence of the superiority of the MPC-ADRC over the classical MPC under tests of reference tracking, external disturbances rejection, and model uncertainties attenuation. Full article
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An Efficient Underwater Navigation Method Using MPC with Unknown Kinematics and Non-Linear Disturbances
by Pablo Barreno, Juan Parras and Santiago Zazo
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11(4), 710; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11040710 - 25 Mar 2023
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Many Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) need to cope with hazardous underwater medium using a limited computational capacity while facing unknown kinematics and disturbances. However, most algorithms proposed for navigation in such conditions fail to fulfil all conditions at the same time. In this [...] Read more.
Many Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) need to cope with hazardous underwater medium using a limited computational capacity while facing unknown kinematics and disturbances. However, most algorithms proposed for navigation in such conditions fail to fulfil all conditions at the same time. In this work, we propose an optimal control method, based on a receding horizon approach, namely MPC (Model Predictive Control). Our model also estimates the kinematics of the medium and its disturbances, using efficient tools that rely on the use of linear algebra and first-order optimization methods. We also test our ideas using an extensive set of simulations, which show that the proposed ideas are very competitive in terms of cost and computational efficiency in cases of total and partial observability. Full article
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Underwater Positioning System Based on Drifting Buoys and Acoustic Modems
by Pablo Otero, Álvaro Hernández-Romero, Miguel-Ángel Luque-Nieto and Alfonso Ariza
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11(4), 682; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11040682 - 23 Mar 2023
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GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) positioning is not available underwater due to the very short range of electromagnetic waves in the sea water medium. In this article a LBL (Long Base Line) acoustic repeater system of the GNSS positioning is presented. The system [...] Read more.
GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) positioning is not available underwater due to the very short range of electromagnetic waves in the sea water medium. In this article a LBL (Long Base Line) acoustic repeater system of the GNSS positioning is presented. The system is hyperbolic, i.e., based on time differences and it does not need very accurate atomic clocks to synchronize repeaters. The system architecture and system calculations that demonstrate the feasibility of the solution are presented. The system uses four buoys that sequentially transmit their position and the time of the instant of transmission, for which they are equipped with GNSS receivers and acoustic modems. The buoys can be fixed or even drifting, but they are inexpensive devices, which pose no hazard to navigation and can be easily and quickly deployed for a specific underwater mission. The multilateration algorithm used in the receiver is presented. To simplify the algorithm, the depth of the receiver, measured by a depth sensor, is used. Results are presented for the position error of an underwater vehicle due to its displacement during the transmission frame of the four buoys. Full article
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