LiBeamsNet: AUV Velocity Vector Estimation in Situations of Limited DVL Beam Measurements

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2210.11572v1
• Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 20:17:23 GMT
• Title: LiBeamsNet: AUV Velocity Vector Estimation in Situations of Limited DVL Beam Measurements
• Authors: Nadav Cohen and Itzik Klein
• Abstract summary: AUVs can operate in deep underwater environments beyond human reach. A standard solution for the autonomous navigation problem can be obtained by fusing the inertial navigation system and the Doppler velocity log sensor. In this paper we propose a deep learning framework, LiBeamsNet, that utilizes the inertial data and the partial beam velocities to regress the missing beams.
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• Abstract: Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are employed for marine applications and can operate in deep underwater environments beyond human reach. A standard solution for the autonomous navigation problem can be obtained by fusing the inertial navigation system and the Doppler velocity log sensor (DVL). The latter measures four beam velocities to estimate the vehicle's velocity vector. In real-world scenarios, the DVL may receive less than three beam velocities if the AUV operates in complex underwater environments. In such conditions, the vehicle's velocity vector could not be estimated leading to a navigation solution drift and in some situations the AUV is required to abort the mission and return to the surface. To circumvent such a situation, in this paper we propose a deep learning framework, LiBeamsNet, that utilizes the inertial data and the partial beam velocities to regress the missing beams in two missing beams scenarios. Once all the beams are obtained, the vehicle's velocity vector can be estimated. The approach performance was validated by sea experiments in the Mediterranean Sea. The results show up to 7.2% speed error in the vehicle's velocity vector estimation in a scenario that otherwise could not provide an estimate.

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