Navigation and Control of Autonomous Marine Vehicles

Sanjay Sharma is an Associate Professor (Reader) in Intelligent Autonomous Control Systems, and Head of Autonomous Marine Systems (AMS) research group at Plymouth University, UK. His research focuses on the use of AI techniques; particularly for wave energy devices, robotics, automobiles and uninhabited marine vehicles for both surface and underwater operations. In addition, he serves as a member of the IMechE Mechatronics, Informatics & Control Group Board, is an IMechE representative to UKACC, and a member of IFAC TC 7.5 on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles. Bidyadhar Subudhi is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India. He is the Co-ordinator of Control and Automation Research Group and Centre of Excellence on Renewable Energy Systems. His research interests include Robust and Adaptive Control, Control of Autonomous Underwater and Flexible Robots, Renewable Power and Microgrid Control. He is a member of Technical Committee on Intelligent Control, IEEE Control System Society. He is a Fellow of IET(UK), Institution of Engineers (India) and a Senior Member of IEEE.

Chapter 1: Modelling and control of autonomous marine vehicles
Chapter 2: Efficient optimal path planning of unmanned surface vehicles
Chapter 3: Collision avoidance of maritime vessels
Chapter 4: Sliding mode control for path planning guidance of marine vehicles
Chapter 5: Experimentally based analysis of low altitude terrain following by autonomous underwater vehicles
Chapter 6: Nonlinear H∞ control of autonomous underwater vehicles
Chapter 7: Energy optimal real-time trajectory re-planning of an uninhabited surface vehicle in a dynamically changing environment
Chapter 8: Cooperative path-following control with logic-based communications: theory and practice
Chapter 9: Formation control of autonomous marine vehicles
Chapter 10: Hydro-acoustic communications and networking in contemporary underwater robotics: instruments and case studies
Chapter 11: Commercial applications of ASVs