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Visual-inertial odometry (VIO) is a vital technique used in robotics, augmented reality, and autonomous vehicles. It combines visual and inertial measurements to accurately estimate position and orientation. Existing VIO methods assume a…
This survey examines recent sensor-based planning and control methods for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs). In complex, uncertain underwater environments, UUVs require advanced planning and control strategies for effective navigation.…
A current-aided inertial navigation framework is proposed for small autonomous underwater vehicles in long-duration operations (> 1 hour), where neither frequent surfacing nor consistent bottom-tracking are available. We instantiate this…
Secure navigation is pivotal for several applications including autonomous vehicles, robotics, and aviation. The inertial navigation system estimates position, velocity, and attitude through dead reckoning especially when external…
Heading towards navigational autonomy in unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) in the maritime sector can fundamentally lead towards safer waters as well as reduced operating costs, while also providing a range of exciting new capabilities for…
This study presents a novel environment-aware reinforcement learning (RL) framework designed to augment the operational capabilities of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) in underwater environments. Departing from traditional RL…
Owing to effective and flexible data acquisition, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has recently become a hotspot across the fields of computer vision (CV) and remote sensing (RS). Inspired by recent success of deep learning (DL), many advanced…
Underwater vehicles have emerged as a critical technology for exploring and monitoring aquatic environments. The deployment of multi-vehicle systems has gained substantial interest due to their capability to perform collaborative tasks with…
Inertial sensors are widely utilized in smartphones, drones, robots, and IoT devices, playing a crucial role in enabling ubiquitous and reliable localization. Inertial sensor-based positioning is essential in various applications, including…
Successful applications of complex vision-based behaviours underwater have lagged behind progress in terrestrial and aerial domains. This is largely due to the degraded image quality resulting from the physical phenomena involved in…
The advent of fifth generation (5G) networks has opened new avenues for enhancing connectivity, particularly in challenging environments like remote areas or disaster-struck regions. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been identified as a…
Visually-guided underwater robots are deployed alongside human divers for cooperative exploration, inspection, and monitoring tasks in numerous shallow-water and coastal-water applications. The most essential capability of such companion…
An algorithm based on Artificial Neural Networks is proposed in this paper to improve the accuracy of Inertial Navigation System (INS)/ Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) integrated navigation during the absence of GNSS signals. The…
Deep Reinforcement Learning (Deep-RL) techniques for motion control have been continuously used to deal with decision-making problems for a wide variety of robots. Previous works showed that Deep-RL can be applied to perform mapless…
Multi-sensor fusion is an effective way to enhance the positioning performance of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). However, underwater multi-sensor fusion faces challenges such as heterogeneous frequency and dynamic availability of…
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) offer agile, secure and efficient solutions for communication relay networks. However, their modeling and control are challenging, and the mismatch between simulations and actual conditions limits real-world…
This paper develops a Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL)-agent for navigation and control of autonomous surface vessels (ASV) on inland waterways. Spatial restrictions due to waterway geometry and the resulting challenges, such as high flow…
Navigating autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) in unknown environments is significantly challenging due to poor visibility, weak signal transmission, and dynamic water currents. These factors pose challenges in accurate global…
We propose a cross attention transformer based method for multimodal sensor fusion to build a birds eye view of a vessels surroundings supporting safer autonomous marine navigation. The model deeply fuses multiview RGB and long wave…