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Using autonomous underwater vehicles, or AUVs, has completely changed how we gather data from the ocean floor. AUV innovation has advanced significantly, especially in the analysis of images, due to the increasing need for accurate and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-20 Rajesh Sharma R , Akey Sungheetha , Chinnaiyan R

We present the results of experiments performed using a team of small autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to determine the location of an isobath. The primary contributions of this work are (1) the development of a novel objective…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-30 Benjamin Biggs , Daniel J. Stilwell , Harun Yetkin , James McMahon

There has been a growing interest in extending the capabilities of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) in subsea missions, particularly in integrating underwater human-robot interaction (UHRI) for control. UHRI and its subfield,underwater…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Sara Aldhaheri , Federico Renda , Giulia De Masi

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) need to operate for days without human intervention and thus must be able to do efficient and reliable task planning. Unfortunately, efficient task planning requires deliberately abstract domain models…

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are becoming increasingly important for different types of industrial applications. The generally high cost of (AUVs) restricts the access to them and therefore advances in research and technological…

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) have become the de facto vehicle for remote operations involving oceanography, inspection, and monitoring tasks. These vehicles operate in different and often challenging environments; hence, the design…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-24 Rajini Makam , Pruthviraj Mane , Suresh Sundaram , P. B. Sujit

The Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, has recently finished the production and testing of a new unmanned surface vehicle, called Nukhada, specifically designed for autonomous survey, inspection, and support…

Anahita is an autonomous underwater vehicle which is currently being developed by interdisciplinary team of students at Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Kanpur with aim to provide a platform for research in AUV to undergraduate students.…

An Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) should carry out complex tasks in a limited time interval. Since existing AUVs have limited battery capacity and restricted endurance, they should autonomously manage mission time and the resources to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-06-15 Somaiyeh Mahmoud. Zadeh

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are becoming standard tools for underwater exploration and seabed mapping in both scientific and industrial applications \cite{graham2022rapid, stenius2022system}. Their capacity to dive untethered…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-11 Ignacio Torroba , Marco Chella , Aldo Teran , Niklas Rolleberg , John Folkesson

Marine robots, particularly Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs), have gained considerable attention for their diverse applications in maritime tasks, including search and rescue, environmental monitoring, and maritime security. This paper…

Marine debris originating from human activity has been accumulating in underwater environments such as oceans, lakes, and rivers for decades. The extent, type, and amount of waste is hard to assess as the exact mechanisms for spread are not…

Underwater marine inspections for ship hull or marine debris, etc. are one of the vital measures carried out to ensure the safety of marine structures and underwater species. This work details the design, development and qualification of a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-07-10 Parag Tarwadi , Yuta Shiraki , Ori Ganoni , Shanghai Wei , Ho Seok Ahn , Bruce MacDonald

Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) plays an increasingly important role in ocean exploration. Existing AUVs are usually not fully autonomous and generally limited to pre-planning or pre-programming tasks. Reinforcement learning (RL) and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-01-13 Qilei Zhang , Jinying Lin , Qixin Sha , Bo He , Guangliang Li

Marine ecosystems face increasing pressure due to climate change, driving the need for scalable, AI-powered monitoring solutions to inform effective conservation and restoration efforts. This paper examines the rapid emergence of underwater…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-10 Scarlett Raine , Tobias Fischer

With the growing interest in underwater exploration and monitoring, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) have become essential. The recent interest in onboard Deep Learning (DL) has advanced real-time environmental interaction capabilities…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Martin Aubard , Ana Madureira , Luís Teixeira , José Pinto

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle-Manipulator systems (AUVMS) is a new tool for ocean exploration, the AUVMS path planning problem is addressed in this paper. AUVMS is a high dimension system with a large difference in inertia distribution,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-14 Xiaoxu Cao , Linyi Gu , JunChen Mu , Qian Zhang , Qi Song , Chunxiao Liu , Cong Qiu

This paper introduces a novel simulation framework for evaluating motion control in tethered multi-robot systems within dynamic marine environments. Specifically, it focuses on the coordinated operation of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Markus Buchholz , Ignacio Carlucho , Michele Grimaldi , Yvan R. Petillot

There is an increasing demand for piloted autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to operate in polar ice conditions. At present, AUVs are deployed from ships and directly human-piloted in these regions, entailing a high carbon cost and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-11-23 Maria Fox , Michael Meredith , J. Alexander Brearley , Dan Jones , Derek Long

This review article is an attempt to survey all recent AI based techniques used to deal with major functions in This review paper presents a comprehensive overview of end-to-end deep learning frameworks used in the context of autonomous…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-05-25 Arman Asgharpoor Golroudbari , Mohammad Hossein Sabour