Year: 2006
Type: book
Abstract: This paper describes the development of a novel vision-based Autonomous Surface Vehicle with the purpose of performing coordinated docking manoeuvres with a target, such as an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, at the water's surface.The system architecture integrates two small processor units; the first performs vehicle control and implements a virtual force based docking strategy, with the second performing vision-based target segmentation and tracking.Furthermore, the architecture utilises wireless sensor network technology allowing the vehicle to be observed by, and even integrated within an ad-hoc sensor network.Simulated and experimental results are presented demonstrating the autonomous visionbased docking strategy on a proof-of-concept vehicle.
Authors: Adair Martins, Jaqueline Carvalho de Almeida, A. F. Silva, Фернандо Лобо Перейра
Language: English
Subfield: Ocean Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W56527097