Sonar-based object detection for autonomous underwater vehicles in marine environments

Sonar image object detection plays a crucial role in obstacle detection, target recognition, and environmental perception in autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). However, the complex underwater acoustic environment introduces various interferences, such as noise, scattering, and echo, which hinder...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Marine Science
Main Authors:	Zhen Wang, Jianxin Guo, Shanwen Zhang, Yucheng Zhang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-04-01
Subjects:	autonomous underwater vehicles forward-looking sonar marine object detection feature extraction feature fusion
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1539371/full

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