一种基于超短基线定位的便携式AUV回坞导航方法

自主水下机器人(AUV)对接技术是目前水下机器人的研究热点,精确可靠的AUV的回坞导航是实现对接的关键技术。对于追求轻便的便携式AUV的对接系统,考虑到便携式AUV的搭载能力有限又需要足够的定位精度用于对接,提出了一种基于超短基线(USBL)定位的回坞导航方法,该方法让AUV只需装载电子罗盘和水声应答器就能完成精确的回坞定位。根据导航方法的特点,设计了一种改进的扩展卡尔曼滤波算法,其优点是能在处理滞后的USBL数据的同时动态估算海流、更新状态方程以消除海流造成的定位误差。通过湖试和大量仿真实验,验证了定位算法在海流影响下的定位性能。     

基于单水声信标距离量测的匹配定位方法

水声通信和测距能力是实现水下航行器准确定位的重要技术手段。当前基于水声定位的方法主要有利用测距和测向功能的水声定位技术以及水声测距辅助导航技术，二者的系统物理复杂度都比较高。本文提出了一种基于单水声信标距离量测的匹配定位方法，航行器在水声信标测距覆盖范围内，利用航行过程中多次测距信息构建测距圆序列形成位置约束，基于航位推算导航信息，将航行器在连续测距时间段内的相对航迹在圆序列上进行最优匹配，从而获得位置估计，通过对测距误差进行补偿可进一步提升定位精度。本方法所需物理系统结构复杂度低、可操作性强，仿真实验表明，该方法可以独立实现较高精度的定位。     

水下仿生扑翼机器人的发展现状综述

参照蝠鲼等鱼类游动方式所研制的水下仿生扑翼机器人具有效率高、机动性强、负载能力大等多方面优势。由于其广阔的应用前景,水下仿生扑翼机器人已逐步成为水下航行器领域的研究热点。本文系统地将蝠鲼的生物学特性、机器人的结构设计、动力学模型、单体运动控制、集群运动控制以及实验研究等方面的国内外研究进展进行了总结和梳理。已有的研究表明：水下仿生扑翼机器人正在朝着软体化、集群化、 高机动等方向发展,新兴的水下仿生扑翼机器人及仿生集群能够更加精确的模拟真实生物的游动姿态,并开展相关任务。当下的研究为水下仿生扑翼机器人性能的进一步优化与提升奠定了坚实的理论与实践基础。     

水声导航、定位技术发展趋势

水声导航、定位技术在海洋科学和海洋工程中有着广泛的应用,近年来已逐渐向高精度、多传感器、多手段融合的方向发展.本文以导航、定位声纳的发展为关注对象,概述了水声导航、定位技术在技术前沿上的发展状况,提炼出其技术发展趋势,并介绍了水声导航、定位技术的应用前景.     

Underwater Terrain Positioning Method Based on Least Squares Estimation for AUV

To achieve accurate positioning of autonomous underwater vehicles, an appropriate underwater terrain database storage format for underwater terrain-matching positioning is established using multi-beam data as underwater terrainmatching data. An underwater terrain interpolation error compensation method based on fractional Brownian motion is proposed for defects of normal terrain interpolation, and an underwater terrain-matching positioning method based on least squares estimation(LSE) is proposed for correlation analysis of topographic features. The Fisher method is introduced as a secondary criterion for pseudo localization appearing in a topographic features flat area, effectively reducing the impact of pseudo positioning points on matching accuracy and improving the positioning accuracy of terrain flat areas. Simulation experiments based on electronic chart and multi-beam sea trial data show that drift errors of an inertial navigation system can be corrected effectively using the proposed method. The positioning accuracy and practicality are high, satisfying the requirement of underwater accurate positioning.     

Underwater Terrain Positioning Method Based on Least Squares Estimation for AUV

To achieve accurate positioning of autonomous underwater vehicles, an appropriate underwater terrain database storage format for underwater terrain-matching positioning is established using multi-beam data as underwater terrain-matching data. An underwater terrain interpolation error compensation method based on fractional Brownian motion is proposed for defects of normal terrain interpolation, and an underwater terrain-matching positioning method based on least squares estimation (LSE) is proposed for correlation analysis of topographic features. The Fisher method is introduced as a secondary criterion for pseudo localization appearing in a topographic features flat area, effectively reducing the impact of pseudo positioning points on matching accuracy and improving the positioning accuracy of terrain flat areas. Simulation experiments based on electronic chart and multi-beam sea trial data show that drift errors of an inertial navigation system can be corrected effectively using the proposed method. The positioning accuracy and practicality are high, satisfying the requirement of underwater accurate positioning.     

水下导航定位技术在大洋科考调查中的应用

水下声学定位、惯性导航定位、多普勒声纳以及组合导航定位是目前我国大洋科考调查工作中的几种主要水下导航定位技术。通过分析常规调查装备、ROV、AUV和载人潜水器等4类主要水下科考设备的导航定位系统实测数据,给出不同水下导航定位模式的现场作业精度,为我国大洋科考调查工作中水下导航定位技术的选择与应用等工作提供参考。     

自主水下机器人水下接驳插拔传输与无线感应传输研究现状及对比分析

水下对接传输技术作为自主水下机器人（autonomous underwater vehicle,简称AUV）水下能源补给及数据传输的重要方式,受到国内外的重点关注,目前采用的水下对接传输方式主要分为接驳插拔传输及无线感应传输。在探究国内外AUV水下对接研究概况的基础上,归纳、总结以上两种传输方式的研究现状,分析对比其在对接传输效率、发展限制因素、对接控制技术等方面的区别。通过分析发现,接驳插拔传输在传输效率及功率方面具备优势,无线感应传输则具有更高的简易性、经济性。此发现为不同作业需求下传输方式的选择提供了基础。通过技术发展限制因素对比得出,在未来技术发展方向上,接驳插拔传输技术需提升系统稳定性、灵活性及费效比,无线感应传输需解决能量损耗、系统鲁棒性及涡旋损耗等问题。对两种传输技术未来发展前景及方向的预测,能够为AUV水下传输的发展提供重要参考。     

基于GPS的水下导航算法误差仿真研究

首先介绍了水下导航算法,采用GPS和水下参量测算相结合的方案,即当运行器在水下运行时,利用电子罗盘测量运行器的相对航向,水流传感器测算运行器的相对速度大小,利用学习阶段计算出海水流速,在水下运行器潜行时进行船位推算导航,用GPS精准的定位信号进行导航误差的校正。此算法精度的高低很大程度上取决于用来进行水下参量测算的传感器和用来方位校准的GPS。文中从各个传感器的误差着手,通过模拟仿真详细分析了电子罗盘、水流传感器和GPS的误差对导航精度的影响,对工程应用具有实际的指导意义。     

Visually Augmented Navigation for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

As autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are becoming routinely used in an exploratory context for ocean science, the goal of visually augmented navigation (VAN) is to improve the near-seafloor navigation precision of such vehicles without imposing the burden of having to deploy additional infrastructure. This is in contrast to traditional acoustic long baseline navigation techniques, which require the deployment, calibration, and eventual recovery of a transponder network. To achieve this goal, VAN is formulated within a vision-based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) framework that exploits the systems-level complementary aspects of a camera and strap-down sensor suite. The result is an environmentally based navigation technique robust to the peculiarities of low-overlap underwater imagery. The method employs a view-based representation where camera-derived relative-pose measurements provide spatial constraints, which enforce trajectory consistency and also serve as a mechanism for loop closure, allowing for error growth to be independent of time for revisited imagery. This article outlines the multisensor VAN framework and demonstrates it to have compelling advantages over a purely vision-only approach by: 1) improving the robustness of low-overlap underwater image registration; 2) setting the free gauge scale; and 3) allowing for a disconnected camera-constraint topology.      

基于可重置联邦滤波器的水下运载体导航定位方法

单一导航系统无法满足水下运载体高精度、高可靠性的导航需求,文中根据常用水下导航系统的特点,提出基于可重置联邦滤波器的水下运载体导航定位方案,设计了以惯导系统(INS)为主参考系统,声学定位系统/深度计、多普勒计程仪(DVL)、罗经为子参考系统的联邦滤波器,并进行了仿真研究。结果表明文中设计的滤波器能有效融合各个传感器的导航信息,实现水下运载体高精度导航定位,并具有一定容错性。     

深海大型爬行机器人研究现状

对海底不同作业形式的深海大型爬行机器人进行了分类综述，依据当前深海大型爬行机器人在各方面的应用，将其分为了深海采矿机器人和深海挖沟机器人两大类，并对这两类中的一些性能突出的机器人进行了详细的介绍。重点介绍我国第一代、第二代多金属结核采矿机器人，SMD的3个多金属硫化物开采机器人，中科院深海所的富钴结壳规模采样爬行机器人，喷射式挖沟爬行机器人QT2800和机械式挖沟爬行机器人BT2400。并对深海大型爬行机器人的海底复杂行走技术和导航定位技术进行了阐述。行走技术方面，重点介绍Nexans公司的带有铰接式行走腿系统的Spider Dredger，中南大学的铰接履带式采矿机器人和北京矿冶研究总院的复合轮式机器人。导航定位方面，介绍了当前一些在用的深海导航定位技术。最后，对未来深海大型爬行机器人的发展趋势进行了展望。     

多传感器组合导航系统研究

为了满足水下航行器高精度导航定位的需求,建立了多传感器组合导航的系统模型。针对信息融合过程中出现的非线性环节,在传统联邦滤波器的基础上,提出了基于粒子滤波的混合联邦滤波器。其中,线性子系统采用卡尔曼滤波算法进行滤波估计,非线性子系统采用粒子滤波算法进行滤波估计。计算机仿真分析表明,该混合联邦滤波算法能够将线性和非线性子系统的滤波结果很好地融合起来,提高了组合导航系统的定位精度。     

水下机器人标准体系框架构建探索

水下机器人作为一类特种机器人,日益成为探索海洋奥秘、开发海洋资源的重要工具,被称为海洋高技术的皇冠,正逐步成为国家间海洋技术竞争的制高点。水下机器人标准体系最直接的作用是指导、规范水下机器人标准制定工作,使人们清楚水下机器人标准化工作方向和重点,有助于推动水下机器人研发和产业化进程,促进快速、健康发展。文章在介绍国内外水下机器人标准制订的基础上,探讨水下机器人标准体系框架构建思路,提出标准体系建设路径,明确水下机器人标准化工作范围和领域,并构建了水下机器人标准体系序列结构、三维结构、层次结构3种框架模型,为构建我国水下机器人标准体系提供了有价值的参考。     

提高水下GPS定位精度方法研究

水下GPS定位是近几年发展起来的高新技术.承载GPS接收机的海上浮标由于受海浪的影响,使得GPS接收信号附加了海浪信息,最终影响到水下目标的精确定位.针对海浪影响水下GPS定位精度现状,提出基于样条函数的数据分频处理方法,从而有效地分离海浪引起的长周期性漂移误差和短周期性随机误差,提高水下GPS定位精度.通过对实测数据的处理,证明了该方法的有效性.     

Underwater autonomous manipulation for intervention missions AUVs

Many underwater intervention tasks are today performed using manned submersibles or remotely operated vehicles in teleoperation mode. Autonomous underwater vehicles are mostly employed in survey applications. In fact, the low bandwidth and significant time delay inherent in acoustic subsea communications represent a considerable obstacle to remotely operate a manipulation system, making it impossible for remote controllers to react to problems in a timely manner.Nevertheless, vehicles with no physical link and with no human occupants permit intervention in dangerous areas, such as in deep ocean, under ice, in missions to retrieve hazardous objects, or in classified areas. The key element in underwater intervention performed with autonomous vehicles is autonomous manipulation. This is a challenging technology milestone, which refers to the capability of a robot system that performs intervention tasks requiring physical contacts with unstructured environments without continuous human supervision.Today, only few AUVs are equipped with manipulators. SAUVIM (Semi Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Intervention Mission, University of Hawaii) is one of the first underwater vehicle capable of autonomous manipulation.This paper presents the solutions chosen within the development of the system in order to address the problems intrinsic to autonomous underwater manipulation. In the proposed approach, the most noticeable aspect is the increase in the level of information transferred between the system and the human supervisor.We describe one of the first trials of autonomous intervention performed by SAUVIM in the oceanic environment. To the best knowledge of the authors, no sea trials in underwater autonomous manipulation have been presented in the literature. The presented operation is an underwater recovery mission, which consists in a sequence of autonomous tasks finalized to search for the target and to securely hook a cable to it in order to bring the target to the surface.     

In Situ Alignment Calibration of Attitude and Doppler Sensors for Precision Underwater Vehicle Navigation: Theory and Experiment

This paper reports the development and experimental evaluation of two in situ least squares techniques for estimating the alignment matrix of Doppler sonars commonly used for precision navigation of oceanographic submersibles. Most previously reported methods addressed the problem of single degree-of-freedom heading alignment using bottom-lock Doppler sonar data and global positioning system (GPS) navigation data. This paper reports and evaluates two techniques for three degree-of-freedom calibration of attitude and Doppler sonar sensors using sensor data available to vehicles at full ocean depth. The first technique provides a general linear least squares estimate of the alignment matrix. The second technique results in a least squares alignment matrix estimate constrained to the group of rotation matrices. The performance of these estimates is evaluated with a laboratory remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and a field-deployed autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). Experimental results are reported which demonstrate that Doppler navigation employing the reported alignment calibration techniques significantly improves navigation precision. The experiments show that the latter technique provides calibration estimates that improve Doppler navigation precision not only on the calibration data set itself, but also provide improved precision over a wide variety of vehicle trajectories other than the calibration data set.     

Underwater glider modelling and analysis for net buoyancy, depth and pitch angle control

Underwater glider is an autonomous underwater vehicle that glides by controlling their buoyancy and attitude using internal actuators. By changing the vehicle's buoyancy intermittently, vertical motion can be achieved. Characteristics of glider motion include upward and downward movement in a saw tooth pattern, turning and gliding in a vertical spiral motion and gliding without using thrusters or propellers. This paper presents the modelling and identification on net buoyancy, depth and pitching angle of an underwater glider system. A ballast tank subsystem is considered appropriate for the identification process since it is the main parameter for the motion control. By selecting the ballast rate as the input, three aspects of the dynamics of a glider can be observed: buoyancy, depth of the glider and pitching angle. The MATLAB System Identification Toolbox^TM is used to obtain a mathematical model of the glider ballast-buoyancy, ballast-depth and ballast-pitching angle conditioning system. The best three parametric estimation models are chosen, and the results of the comparison between simulated and estimated outputs are presented. The information obtained from the modelling and identification approaches are used for USM's Underwater Glider Prototype controller design. The information observed during this procedure are utilised for optimisation, stability, reliability and robustness analysis of the underwater glider.     

水下机器人视频图像高效压缩方法研究

水下视频图像压缩一直是有限带宽水声信道实时传输海量视频数据的关键技术之一。本文首先介绍了目前水下机器人和水下视频图像压缩研究存在的主要问题，并综合分析了目前几种高效视频压缩方法的特点并探讨了进一步研究的方向。此外，根据水下视频的成像特点，提出了高效的全局与局部运动混合补偿方案和基于小波变换的预处理方法。初步实验结果表明：本文提出的预处理方法可以有效去除视频图像中存在的大量视觉冗余和空间冗余，提出的混合运动补偿方案可以获得很高的压缩编码效率；但必须进一步研究快速、有效的全局运动估计方法。     

基于海洋机器人的科学观测与实验系统研究现状与展望

海洋机器人具有观测范围大、作业灵活、机动性好、可控性强等突出优点,在海洋科学观测与海洋科学实验中发挥了重要作用,促进了物理海洋和海洋生物地球化学的发展。为阐明海洋机器人在海洋科学观测和实验中的应用情况,以水下滑翔机、自主水下机器人（Autonomous Underwater Vehicle,AUV）和无人帆船3种典型的观测型海洋机器人为例介绍了海洋机器人在海洋科学观测中的应用现状;以原位采样与固定、原位培养与分析海洋机器人为例介绍了海洋机器人在海洋科学实验中的应用现状;最后结合未来海洋科学研究需求,从需求牵引的角度对基于机器人的科学观测与实验系统的发展趋势进行了展望。