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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Assessment of the Steering Precision of a Hydrographic Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) along Sounding Profiles Using a Low-Cost Multi-Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Receiver Supported Autopilot.

Mariusz Specht, Cezary Specht, Henryk Lasota, Piotr Cywiński

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mariusz SpechtDepartment of Transport and Logistics, Gdynia Maritime University, Morska 81-87, 81-225 Gdynia, Poland. m.specht@wn.umg.edu.pl.ORCID 0000-0002-6026-306X
Cezary SpechtDepartment of Geodesy and Oceanography, Gdynia Maritime University, Morska 81-87, 81-225 Gdynia, Poland. c.specht@wn.umg.edu.pl.
Henryk LasotaDepartment of Marine Electronic Systems, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Gabriela Narutowicza, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland. henlasot@pg.edu.pl.
Piotr CywińskiDepartment of Marine Electronic Systems, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Gabriela Narutowicza, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland. peter@navinord.com.
Gdańsk University of Technology · PLGdynia Maritime University · PL

Funding

Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland DI2015 008545
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The performance of bathymetric measurements by traditional methods (using manned vessels) in ultra-shallow waters, i.e., lakes, rivers, and sea beaches with a depth of less than 1 m, is often difficult or, in many cases, impossible due to problems related to safe vessel maneuvering. For this reason, the use of shallow draft hydrographic Unmanned Surface Vessels (USV) appears to provide a promising alternative method for performing such bathymetric measurements. This article describes the modernisation of a USV to switch from manual to automatic mode, and presents a preliminary study aimed at assessing the suitability of a popular autopilot commonly used in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), and a low-cost multi-Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver cooperating with it, for performing bathymetric measurements in automated mode, which involves independent movement along a specified route (hydrographic sounding profiles). The cross track error (XTE) variable, i.e., the distance determined between a USV's position and the sounding profile, measured transversely to the course, was adopted as the measure of automatic control precision. Moreover, the XTE value was statistically assessed in the publication.

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bathymetric measurementscross track error (XTE)multi-Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiverUnmanned Surface Vessel (USV)

Identifiers

PMID31547372
PMCPMC6767163
OpenAlexW2972585706

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