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Abstract
In recent years unmanned vehicles have grown in popularity, with an ever increasing number of applications in industry, the military and research within air, ground and marine domains. In particular, the challenges posed by unmanned marine vehicles in order to increase the level of autonomy include automatic obstacle avoidance and conformance with the Rules of the Road when navigating in the presence of other maritime traffic. The USV Master Plan which has been established for the US Navy outlines a list of objectives for improving autonomy in order to increase mission diversity and reduce the amount of supervisory intervention. This paper addresses the specific development needs based on notable research carried out to date, primarily with regard to navigation, guidance, control and motion planning. The integration of the International Regulations for Avoiding Collisions at Sea within the obstacle avoidance protocols seeks to prevent maritime accidents attributed to human error. The addition of these critical safety measures may be key to a future growth in demand for USVs, as they serve to pave the way for establishing legal policies for unmanned vessels.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 267-283 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Annuals Reviews in Control |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 25 Oct 2012 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 01 Dec 2012 |
Keywords
- USVs; COLREGs; Autonomy; Collision avoidance; Guidance; Motion planning
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Software
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