A new prototype of Unmanned Surface Vehicles to survey the coastal marine environment: design, modelling and control

• Main Authors: Evangelista, Lorenza, Giordano, Laura, Coppola, Aniello, Di Filippo, Alessandro, Di Fiore, Vincenzo, Iengo, Antonio, Ferraro, Luciana, Ferraro, Rosanna, Punzo, Michele, Tarallo, Daniela, Marsella, Ennio
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) 2017
• Subjects: Antarctic; Ferreira; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.13127/rpt/374; http://editoria.rm.ingv.it/rapporti/2017/rapporto374/offline/download.pdf

In the recent years, Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) have proved their usefulness in particular to collect data for marine research and environmental survey. The use of these controlled remotely platforms, without direct human control, have improved the capacity to image, and monitor the seabed and...