Further advances in unmanned marine vehicles

The previous volume Advances in Unmanned Marine Vehicles brought together eighteen chapters describing research and developments in unmanned marine vehicles (UMVs). It was observed that almost without exception research groups worldwide were developing and working on real UMVs which means that they are able to test, evaluate and re-evaluate their designs in relatively quick succession, thereby rapidly reporting new approaches, techniques, designs and successes. This rapid design-evaluation cycle is the prime mover for progress, not only for consolidating designs but also leading to new design ideas and innovation. Since its publication in 2006, Advances in Unmanned Marine Vehicles has proven to be a useful and popular source of reference. However, the rapid design-evaluation cycle means further advances have been made which need to be reported. Thus, the seventeen chapters contained in this volume cover further advances in autonomous underwater vehicles, remotely operated vehicles, semi-submersibles, unmanned surface vessels whilst operating autonomously and/or in co-operation with other types of UMV. This book will be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers and industrialists who are involved in the design and development of UMVs.

les, semi-submersibles, unmanned surface vessels whilst operating autonomously and/or in co-operation with other types of UMV. This book will be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers and industrialists who are involved in the design and development of UMVs.les, semi-submersibles, unmanned surface vessels whilst operating autonomously and/or in co-operation with other types of UMV. This book will be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers and industrialists who are involved in the design and development of UMVs.les, semi-submersibles, unmanned surface vessels whilst operating autonomously and/or in co-operation with other types of UMV. This book will be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers and industrialists who are involved in the design and development of UMVs.

1 Editorial: further advances in unmanned marine vehicles

2 ROV LATIS: next generation smart underwater vehicle

3 HyBIS: a new concept in versatile, 6000-m rated robotic underwater vehicles

4 An AUV project applied to studies on manoeuvrability of underwater vehicles

5 Neural network-based switching adaptive control for a remotely operated vehicle

6 Development of dynamic positioning and tracking system for the ROV Minerva

7 Port-Hamiltonian control of fully actuated underwater vehicles

8 Sonar-based simultaneous localization and mapping for autonomous underwater vehicles

9 T-REX: partitioned inference for AUV mission control

10 Vehicle-following for unmanned surface vehicles

11 An automatic control and fault-tolerant multi-sensor navigation system design for an unmanned maritime vehicle

12 Cooperative control of multiple autonomous marine vehicles: theoretical foundations and practical issues

13 Hybrid glider: motivation, design and evaluation

14 The enhanced Folaga: a hybrid AUV with modular payloads

15 A biomimetic underwater vehicle design concept

16 Development of robotic fi sh for the next generation unmanned marine vehicle 3

17 Nature in engineering for monitoring the oceans: comparison of the energetic costs of marine animals and AUVs

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