Towards Unmanned Surface Vehicles

<p><strong><em>Towards Unmanned Surface Vehicles: Methods and Practices</em></strong> presents the latest overview methodologies design practices and applications of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs).</p><p>The authors introduce advanced theories and algorithms for the analysis and design of a maritime unmanned surface vehicle system covering the sensing path following navigation and control of the ocean surface environment. They demonstrate the architectural design implementation and field testing of USVs as well as key applications such as hostile military scenarios scientific oceanographic observation and intelligent waterborne transportation. In addition they address the open challenges in the field and propose the corresponding future perspectives.</p><p>The book will appeal to researchers graduate students and engineers interested in USVs.</p>