Transformational UUV A.I (A Sixty-Day Study)

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Authors
Sands, Timothy
Subjects
Multi-spectral remote sensing
active and passive microwave remote sensing
spaceborne platforms
remote sensing applications
meteorology
bioā€“radar
Cā€“band
on-orbit satellite storage
signal processing
Advisors
Date of Issue
2023-06
Date
June 2023
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
Abstract
Unmanned vehicles necessitate extreme autonomy by the nature of being unmanned. Onboard systems must sense, decide, and act with minimal or no human interaction. This manuscript elaborates the brief, sixty-day study of recent autonomy developments for unmanned underwater vehicles beginning with a rigorous review of very recent literature and culminating with initial efforts to create computer simulations in MATLABĀ®/SIMULINKĀ® of the recent seminal publication of deterministic artificial intelligence. The methods were developed for highly nonlinear circuits and later extended to spacecraft guidance and control before recently being developed for unmanned underwater vehicles. Mathematical expressions of the governing physics are used to formulate self-awareness statements, where optimal learning is used to discern unknown or unknowable properties. Critical analysis and selection of discretization and differential equation solvers is offered using numerical precision as the key figure of merit for selection. Machine precision of the utilized software version was achieved in validating simulations, where the simulation illustrated autonomous navigation without any kind of controller tuning. Recommendations are offered for future studies utilizing the developed simulation environment.
Type
Technical Report
Description
Prepared for: OPNAV N2/N6 - Information Warfare. This research is supported by funding from the Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Research Program (PE 0605853N/2098). NRP Project ID: NPS-23-N180-A
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Department
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-MAE-23-011
Sponsors
Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Research Program; OPNAV N2/N6 - Information Warfare
Funder
Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Research Program (PE 0605853N/2098)
Format
43 p.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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