• Autonomous Monitoring and Inspection Operations with UUVs in Fish Farms 

      Kelasidi, Eleni; Su, Biao; Caharija, Walter; Føre, Martin; Pedersen, Magnus Oshaug; Frank, Kevin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      In this study, a general control framework for autonomous operations in highly complex and dynamically changing environments such as fish farms is proposed and experimentally validated. Since fish farms feature an environment ...
    • Autonomous subsea intervention (SEAVENTION) 

      Transeth, Aksel Andreas; Schjølberg, Ingrid; Lekkas, Anastasios; Risholm, Petter; Mohammed, Ahmed Kedir; Skaldebø, Martin Breivik; Haugaløkken, Bent Oddvar Arnesen; Bjerkeng, Magnus Christian; Tsiourva, Maria Efstathia; Py, Frédéric (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      This paper presents the main results and latest developments in a 4-year project called autonomous subsea intervention (SEAVENTION). In the project we have developed new methods for autonomous inspection, maintenance and ...
    • Design and verification of a sway-yaw control system for Surface Effect Ships using vent valves 

      Teigland, Håkon; Hassani, Vahid; Auestad, Øyvind Fidje (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      For an offshore worker in the oil and gas industry, the helicopter transport is the activity associated with the highest risk. An alternative to helicopter crew transfers is to use Surface Effect Ships (SES) to transport ...
    • Force actuated real-tme hybrid model testing of a moored vessel: A case study investigating force errors 

      Ueland, Einar Skiftestad; Skjetne, Roger; Vilsen, Stefan Arenfeldt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      This paper presents a study where real-time hybrid testing is used to emulate a moored barge. The barge is modelled physically while the mooring forces are simulated numerically and actuated onto the physical substructure. ...
    • Marine Engine Centered Localized Models for Sensor Fault Detection under Ship Performance Monitoring 

      Perera, Lokukaluge Prasad (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Sensor fault detection under marine engine centered localized models of an engine propeller combinator diagram is presented in this study. The proposed approach consists of two detection levels to identify of sensor fault ...
    • Marine Engine Operating Regions under Principal Component Analysis to evaluate Ship Performance and Navigation Behavior 

      Perera, Lokukaluge Prasad; Mo, Brage (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Marine engine operating regions under principal component analysis (PCA) to evaluate ship performance and navigation behavior are presented in this study. A data set with ship performance and navigation information (i.e. ...
    • Motion Trajectory Estimation of Salmon Using Stereo Vision 

      Nygård, Trym Anthonsen; Jahren, Jan Henrik; Schellewald, Christian; Stahl, Annette (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      A main concern for the aquaculture industry is the fish behaviour and welfare. Motion trajectory analysis of salmon at aquaculture farming sites with respect to certain aquaculture operations aims to provide information ...
    • Multi-Robot Exploration of Underwater Structures 

      Xanthidis, Marios; Joshi, Bharat; O'Kane, Jason M.; Rekleitis, Ioannis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      This paper discusses a novel approach for the exploration of an underwater structure. A team of robots splits into two roles: certain robots approach the structure collecting detailed information (proximal observers) while ...
    • Path planning for marine vehicles using Bezier curves 

      Hassani, Vahid; Lande, Simen V. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-05)
      Over the past few years maritime sector has witnessed an increasing interest in use of autonomous ships and in particular Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) in complex applications with high associated risks. There is an ...
    • Proactive Collision Avoidance for Autonomous Ships: Leveraging Machine Learning to Emulate Situation Awareness 

      Murray, Brian; Perera, Lokukaluge Prasad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Autonomous ship technology is developing at a rapid pace, with the aim of facilitating safe ship operations. Collision avoidance is one of the most critical tasks that autonomous ships must handle. To support the level of ...
    • Semiglobal exponential stability of a counter-current and co-current guidance scheme 

      Caharija, Walter; Grøtli, Esten Ingar; Pettersen, Kristin Ytterstad (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      A control technique for counter-current and co-current guidance of underactuated marine vehicles is revisited and stronger stability properties are shown. In particular, the stronger property of uniform semiglobal exponential ...
    • Statistical Filter based Sensor and DAQ Fault Detection for Onboard Ship Performance and Navigation Monitoring Systems 

      Perera, Lokukaluge Prasad (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Statistical filter based sensor and data acquisition (DAQ) fault detection is presented in this study. The parameters of a large-scale data set of ship performance and navigation information are considered as statistical ...
    • Target Tracking of an Underwater Glider Using a Small Unmanned Surface Vessel 

      Saksvik, Ivar; Alcocer, Alex; Hassani, Vahid; Pascoal, Antonio (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      This paper proposes a methodology for target tracking of an underwater glider using an unmanned surface vessel (USV). The topside USV is assumed to have knowledge about the position of the underwater glider from an acoustic ...
    • Vision-based pose estimation for autonomous operations in aquacultural fish farms 

      Schellewald, Christian; Stahl, Annette; Kelasidi, Eleni (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      There is a largely increasing demand for the usage of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) including Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) for underwater aquaculture operations thereby minimizing the risks for diving accidents ...