Real-time path planning for Autonomous Navigation Systems of Unmanned Surface Vehicles

The paper presents results of research on the development of collision avoidance algorithms dedicated for the application in the Autonomous Navigation Systems of Unmanned Surface Vehicles. Autonomous vehicles constitute a dynamically developing area of research. One of the main issues related to this technology is the ability to avoid collisions with obstacles. Deterministic and non-deterministic algorithms developed for the purpose of the Unmanned Surface Vehicle real-time path planning are briefly introduced and results of tests carried out in order to evaluate the proposed methods are presented.