The visual path following of autonomous catamaran in oil spilling

Shou Xu Zhang, Wei Sheng Yan, Wei Chen, Zi Li Liu

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Abstract

This study aims to design a kind of autonomous oil spill collection device, more exactly, which is a collecting platform based on catamaran for the spilled oil, as catamaran has great superiorities in wave resistance and water resistance. In the whole process, visual path following is necessary, which requires quite precise local navigation; the catamaran has been controlled to run along accurately with a pre-specified path by tracking the visual landmarks on the oil fence; the algorithm for detecting the path is based on an canny operator and a modified Hough transform, which could detect the color guide line more accurate and faster.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMeasurement Technology and its Application III
PublisherTrans Tech Publications Ltd
Pages1078-1081
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9783038351382
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014

Publication series

NameApplied Mechanics and Materials
Volume568-570
ISSN (Print)1660-9336
ISSN (Electronic)1662-7482

Keywords

  • Catamaran
  • Oil spill
  • Visual path following

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