Frontier Research in Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Dear Colleagues,

Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) have been proposed for a large spectrum of applications, ranging from environmental monitoring, ocean floor mapping, search and rescue operations, tracking of multiple targets, surveillance and reconnaissance, etc. Frontier research in UUVs will enable new operations, such as executing very long endurance missions with minimal supervision in unknown, dynamic, and hostile environments. Many recent efforts towards improving UUV intelligence and persistence focus on improvements in artificial intelligence technologies, reduced hotel load, drag, efficient propulsion, advanced communication, navigation and guidance techniques, and overall system reliability.

In this Special Issue, the frontier research in intelligence and persistent autonomy for UUVs is addressed, with particular emphasis on the design, kinematics, dynamics, sensing, communication, planning, navigation, control, and application of UUVs.

Dr. Zheng Zeng
Dr. Amirmehdi Yazdani
Dr. Somaiyeh MahmoudZadeh
Dr. Yuanchang Liu
Guest Editors

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