Advanced Research in Guidance, Navigation, and Control for Autonomous Surface Vehicle—2nd Edition
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Ocean Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 September 2026 | Viewed by 54
Special Issue Editors
Interests: trajectory tracking; path following; collision avoidance; cooperative control; roll stabilization
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Interests: ship path planning; collision avoidance; arctic shipping; maritime traffic risk; ship pollution prevention
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Introducing a high level of autonomy to marine applications has become a worldwide topic nowadays. The autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) is characterized by intelligence and flexibility; furthermore, the applications of ASV can increase efficiency and protect operators from danger. Guidance, navigation, and control are the key technologies for ASV. This Special Issue focuses on seeking the cutting-edge research about the guidance, navigation, and control for ASV to satisfy the surging need to perform more complex missions. The Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- The modeling and simulation technology for ASV;
- The advanced perception technology for ASV;
- The path planning method for ASV;
- The automatic berthing control method for ASV;
- The cooperative control method for ASV;
- Path following and roll reduction for ASV;
- The automatic collision avoidance for ASV;
- The guidance method for ASV;
- The navigation technology for ASV;
Dr. Cheng Liu
Prof. Dr. Yaqing Shu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- autonomous surface vehicle
- mathematical modeling
- navigation
- path planning
- berthing control
- path following
- cooperative control
- collision avoidance
- trajectory tracking
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