725299Survey of Deep Learning for Autonomous Surface Vehicles in Marine Environments

Within the next several years, there will be a high level of autonomous technology that will be available for widespread use, which will reduce labor costs, increase safety, save energy, enable difficult unmanned tasks in harsh environments, and eliminate human error. Compared to software development for other autonomous vehicles, maritime software development, especially in aging but still functional fleets, is described as being in a very early and emerging phase. This presents great challenges and opportunities for researchers and engineers to develop maritime autonomous systems. Recent progress in sensor and communication technology has introduced the use of autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) in applications such as coastline surveillance, oceanographic observation, multi-vehicle cooperation, and search and rescue missions. Advanced artificial intelligence technology, especially deep learning (DL) methods that conduct nonlinear mapping with self-learning representations, has brought the concept of full autonomy one step closer to reality. This article reviews existing work on the implementation of DL methods in fields related to ASV. First, the scope of this work is described after reviewing surveys on ASV developments and technologies, which draws attention to the research gap between DL and maritime operations. Then, DL-based navigation, guidance, control (NGC) systems and cooperative operations are presented. Finally, this survey is completed by highlighting current challenges and future research directions.

• Record URL:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2023.3235911
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  • Copyright © 2023, IEEE.
• Authors:
  • Qiao, Yuanyuan
  • Yin, Jiaxin
  • Wang, Wei
  • Duarte, Fábio
  • Yang, Jie
  • Ratti, Carlo
• Publication Date: 2023-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 3678-3701
• Serial:
  • IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • ISSN: 1524-9050
  • Serial URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6979

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Artificial intelligence; Autonomous vehicles; Research; Water transportation
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Marine Transportation; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01892644
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 11 2023 11:41AM