4G-based remote manual control for unmanned surface vehicles

Xiaohui Zhu, Kai Yan, Supeng Kong, Yong Yue*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Remote manual control for USVs is essential when a USV fails to navigate or traps into a complicated river. Conventional transmitters and receivers are widely used to provide the utility of remote manual control for USVs. However, constrained by the power of transmitter, the communication distance between the USV and the user is limited. In this paper, a 4G-based remote control system for USVs is proposed. With the help of live video from a camera deployed on the USV, users can remotely control the USV using an Android APP and the 4G network. Compared to traditional remote control methods, our approach dramatically extends the control distance and improves the control flexibility of USVs. The approach is applied to a USV for water quality monitoring. Experimental results show that it has small communication delay and can remotely control the USV during the navigation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer Science and Application Engineering, CSAE 2019
EditorsAli Emrouznejad
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)9781450362948
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Oct 2019
Event3rd International Conference on Computer Science and Application Engineering, CSAE 2019 - Sanya, China
Duration: 22 Oct 201924 Oct 2019

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Computer Science and Application Engineering, CSAE 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CitySanya
Period22/10/1924/10/19

Keywords

  • 4G-based network
  • Remote manual control
  • Unmanned surface vehicle
  • Water quality monitoring

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