Advances in Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
A special issue of Drones (ISSN 2504-446X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2019)
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are self-propelled, self-guided, submerged vehicles that have become essential for scientific, military, and commercial applications. They may be equipped with sensors for recording acoustic signals and measuring quantities, such as temperature, salinity, pH, light absorption, and chemical concentrations. They may be designed to occasionally receive communications or programmed to modify their missions on the basis of received data. They may be sent on missions to collect data beneath sea ice, in water that is too shallow for a ship, and depths too great for divers. Their missions may include tasks ranging from mapping the seafloor to identifying mines. This Special Issue of Drones is inviting submissions on AUV research in a broad range of topics, including improvements in AUV technology and applications in areas such as oceanography, ocean acoustics, oil exploration, bioacoustics, communication, etc.
We welcome submissions which provide the community with the most recent advancements on all aspects of AUVs, including but not limited to:
- AUV navigation and localization
- AUV path planning and control
- AUV design and modelling
- Oceanography
- Ocean acoustics
- Sea ice mapping
- Oil exploration
- Bioacoustics
- Communication
- Marine geoscience
- Tomography
Dr. Michael D. Collins
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- AUV navigation and localization
- AUV path planning and control
- AUV design and modelling
- Oceanography
- Ocean acoustics
- Sea ice mapping
- Oil exploration
- Bioacoustics
- Communication
- Marine geoscience
- Tomography
