Swarms of Aquatic Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV), a Review From Simulation to Field Implementation

Abstract

Swarm robotic is a field of multi-robotics in which the robot’s behavior is inspired from nature. With rapid development in the field of the multi-robotics and the lack of efficacy in traditional centralized controls method, decentralized nature inspired swarm algorithms were introduced to control the swarm behavior. Unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are marine crafts that they can operate autonomously. Due to their potential in operating in different areas, these vehicles have been used for variety of reason including patrolling, border protection, environmental monitoring and oil spill confrontation. This paper provides a review of the Swarm of USVs, their application, simulation environments and the algorithms that has been used in the past and current projects.

On the Estimation of the Mission Performance Index of Unmanned Surface Vehicles Based on the Mission Coverage Area

“…Generally, an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) is a small ship (1.5 to 15 m and 0.5 to 9 t) that can be controlled remotely or autonomously to perform missions under unfavorable weather conditions [1]. Although USVs are typically developed for military use, they have also been applied to marine transportation, marine surveys, response to trespassing ships in sea farms, sea rescue, and fusion with underwater remotely operated vehicles [2][3][4][5]. Furthermore, the International Maritime Organization has been reviewing international agreements on maritime safety and security regarding maritime autonomous surface ships [6].…”