Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are emerging as a promising
solution to help us explore and understand the ocean. The global market
for AUVs is predicted to grow from 638 million dollars in 2020 to 1,638
million dollars by 2025 - a compound annual growth rate of 20.8 percent.
To make AUVs suitable for a wider range of application-specific
missions, it is necessary to deploy multiple AUVs to cooperatively
perform the localization, tracking and formation tasks. However, weak
underwater acoustic communication and the model uncertainty of AUVs make
achieving this challenging. This book presents cutting-edge results
regarding localization, tracking and formation for AUVs, highlighting
the latest research on commonly encountered AUV systems. It also
showcases several joint localization and tracking solutions for AUVs.
Lastly, it discusses future research directions and provides guidance on
the design of future localization, tracking and formation schemes for
AUVs. Representing a substantial contribution to nonlinear system
theory, robotic control theory, and underwater acoustic communication
system, this book will appeal to university researchers, scientists,
engineers, and graduate students in control theory and control
engineering who wish to learn about the core principles, methods,
algorithms, and applications of AUVs. Moreover, the practical
localization, tracking and formation schemes presented provide guidance
on exploring the ocean. The book is intended for those with an
understanding of nonlinear system theory, robotic control theory, and
underwater acoustic communication systems.
