Journal of Shanghai University(Natural Science Edition) ›› 2019, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (5): 645-654.doi: 10.12066/j.issn.1007-2861.2041

Special Issue: 无人艇

• Unmanned Surface Vehicle •     Next Articles

Research status and development trend of unmanned surface vehicle

Yan PENG, Lei GE, Xiaomao LI(), Yuxuan ZHONG, Xin ZHANG   

  1. School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation,Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
  • Received:2017-10-14 Online:2019-10-30 Published:2019-10-31
  • Contact: Xiaomao LI E-mail:lixiaomao@shu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Unmanned surface vehicle (USV), as an important branch of marine robotics, is a vehicle that operates on the surface of the water automatically, and it can be used for a wide range of military and civil purposes. Compared to other unmanned systems like unmanned aerial vehicle, unmanned ground vehicle and etc., research on USV is more challenging because of the harsh ocean environment and the special motion model of USV, such as high nonlinearity, strong time delay and time varying. This paper summarizes the research status and main achievements of unmanned ships from the aspects of situation awareness, path planning and guidance, and control, and it also describes at some length different development trends of unmanned ships at home and abroad. Finally, forecast on the development and application of unmanned ships in the future is made.

Key words: unmanned surface vehicle (USV), marine robotics, development trend

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