Special Issue "Autonomous Navigation of Unmanned Maritime Vehicles"

Dear Colleagues,

With the continuous development and progress of science and technology, unmanned systems have gradually become a research hotspot in the field of machine intelligence. Under the background of artificial intelligence, big data and the Internet of Things, ocean vehicles represented by ships are gradually developing towards modularization, intelligence and unmanned characteristics. Unmanned maritime vehicles have become the focus and development trend of the industry.

However, there is still a long way to go to fully realize the autonomous navigation of unmanned maritime vehicles, despite the progress that has been made. Among all the core technologies, state detection, environment awareness, communication navigation and other technologies are relatively mature and have been applied in practice. The realization of many “advanced” functions such as autonomous navigation, safety early warning and intelligent collision avoidance still requires more scientific research efforts. This Special Issue aims to address issues involved in the analysis, design, and implementation of Autonomous Navigation of Unmanned Maritime Vehicles. This includes:

1. Intelligent agents and multi-agent systems;
2. Intelligent control of ships and ocean vehicles;
3. Intelligent perception and autonomous control of unmanned systems;
4. Multi-agent systems and intelligent transportation network control;
5. Intelligent control and detection technology;
6. Autonomous navigation control of surface or underwater vehicles;
7. Nonlinear control;
8. Unmanned systems;
9. Autonomous control of robots;
10. Information collection of ships or unmanned craft;
11. Ship or unmanned craft control technology;
12. Image processing techniques;
13. Field verification of unmanned systems;
14. Development trend of unmanned systems in the future.

Dr. Dongdong Mu
Dr. Xiaojie Sun
Dr. Cunhe Li
Guest Editors

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