An automatic COLREGs-compliant obstacle avoidance system for an unmanned surface vehicle

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 108-121

  Campbell, Sable ^a   Abu Tair, Mamun ^a   Naeem, Wasif ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COLREGs; Heuristics; Obstacle detection; Path planning; Unmanned surface vehicle

Indexed keywords

OBSTACLE DETECTORS; OPTICAL RADAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNMANNED VEHICLES; VEHICLES;

COLREGS; EXPERIMENTAL PLATFORM; HARDWARE IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATION; HEURISTICS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; OBSTACLE DETECTION; OBSTACLE-AVOIDANCE SYSTEM; UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLES; COLLISION REGULATIONS; LIDAR (LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING);

MOTION PLANNING;

EID: 84901377605     PISSN: 14750902     EISSN: 20413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1475090213498229     Document Type: Article

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