Localisation of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) in Complex and Confined Environments: A Review
The inspection of aquatic environments is a challenging activity, which is made more difficult if the environment is complex or confined, such as those that are found in nuclear storage facilities and accident sites, marinas and boatyards, liquid storage tanks, or flooded tunnels and sewers. Human i...
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| description | The inspection of aquatic environments is a challenging activity, which is made more difficult if the environment is complex or confined, such as those that are found in nuclear storage facilities and accident sites, marinas and boatyards, liquid storage tanks, or flooded tunnels and sewers. Human inspections of these environments are often dangerous or infeasible, so remote inspection using unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) is used. Due to access restrictions and environmental limitations, such as low illumination levels, turbidity, and a lack of salient features, traditional localisation systems that have been developed for use in large bodies of water cannot be used. This means that UUV capabilities are severely restricted to manually controlled low-quality visual inspections, generating non-geospatially located data. The localisation of UUVs in these environments would enable the autonomous behaviour and the development of accurate maps. This article presents a review of the state-of-the-art in localisation technologies for these environments and identifies areas of future research to overcome the challenges posed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-10edb415a0ec4b40bd0dcd249eb24ee12023-11-20T19:14:27ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202020-10-012021620310.3390/s20216203Localisation of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) in Complex and Confined Environments: A ReviewSimon Watson0Daniel A. Duecker1Keir Groves2Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UKInstitute of Mechanics and Ocean Engineering, Hamburg University of Technology, 21073 Hamburg, GermanyDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UKThe inspection of aquatic environments is a challenging activity, which is made more difficult if the environment is complex or confined, such as those that are found in nuclear storage facilities and accident sites, marinas and boatyards, liquid storage tanks, or flooded tunnels and sewers. Human inspections of these environments are often dangerous or infeasible, so remote inspection using unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) is used. Due to access restrictions and environmental limitations, such as low illumination levels, turbidity, and a lack of salient features, traditional localisation systems that have been developed for use in large bodies of water cannot be used. This means that UUV capabilities are severely restricted to manually controlled low-quality visual inspections, generating non-geospatially located data. The localisation of UUVs in these environments would enable the autonomous behaviour and the development of accurate maps. This article presents a review of the state-of-the-art in localisation technologies for these environments and identifies areas of future research to overcome the challenges posed.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/21/6203unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV)localisationcomplex environments |
| spellingShingle | Simon Watson Daniel A. Duecker Keir Groves Localisation of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) in Complex and Confined Environments: A Review Sensors unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) localisation complex environments |
| title | Localisation of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) in Complex and Confined Environments: A Review |
| title_full | Localisation of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) in Complex and Confined Environments: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Localisation of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) in Complex and Confined Environments: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Localisation of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) in Complex and Confined Environments: A Review |
| title_short | Localisation of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) in Complex and Confined Environments: A Review |
| title_sort | localisation of unmanned underwater vehicles uuvs in complex and confined environments a review |
| topic | unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) localisation complex environments |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/21/6203 |
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