Feature Papers in Actuators for Surface Vehicles
A special issue of Actuators (ISSN 2076-0825). This special issue belongs to the section "Actuators for Surface Vehicles".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 742
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nonlinear control; robotics and mechatronics; autonomous vehicles and systems; vehicle dynamics and control; industry 4.0; smart agriculture
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Interests: robotic system control; fault-tolerant control; control of multiagent systems and complex networks; security control of cyber–physical systems
Interests: learning control; robust control; adaptive control; speech recognition; signal and image processing; deep learning
Interests: agricultural robots; unmanned agricultural machinery; anti-disturbance control; adaptive control; intelligent optimization algorithm; sliding mode control
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Surface vehicles are indispensable in maritime transportation, offshore operations, and marine environmental monitoring. With the increasing demand for greater efficiency and safety in maritime activities, the development of advanced control systems for surface vehicles has become more significant. These control systems are responsible for managing the navigation, maneuvering, and stability of vessels, ensuring that they can operate effectively in diverse and often challenging marine environments. There have been significant advancements in the development of control and estimation technologies, such as the application of model predictive control, sliding mode control, and artificial intelligence-based control (e.g., fuzzy logic, neural networks, deep learning, and reinforcement learning-based control) in the context of surface vehicles. These methods have demonstrated great potential in improving the performance of vessels, enabling them to handle complex tasks such as path tracking, trajectory planning, and obstacle avoidance more proficiently. Furthermore, the integration of intelligent algorithms and sensors has led to the emergence of autonomous surface vehicles, which are capable of making real-time decisions and adapting to changing conditions independently of human intervention. The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- The security and fault-tolerant control of surface vehicles;
- Robust observer designs for the disturbance/state estimation of surface vehicles;
- Artificial intelligence-based techniques for surface vehicles;
- The formation and cooperative control of surface vehicles;
- Navigation and path planning for surface vehicles;
- The obstacle avoidance and optimization of surface vehicles;
- Advanced control techniques for surface vehicles;
- Real-world applications of surface vehicles.
Dr. Hai Wang
Prof. Dr. Xiaozheng Jin
Dr. Edi Kurniawan
Dr. Jinlin Sun
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- surface vehicles
- control systems
- autonomous navigation
- artificial intelligence
- path planning
- obstacle avoidance
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