3 papers
cs.RO2026
3D Underwater Path Planning via Generative Flow Field Surrogates
Zachary Cooper-Baldock, Paulo E. Santos, Russell S. A. Brinkworth +1
Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) launch and recovery (LAR) into the hull of an advancing host platform requires traversal of a complex, three-dimensional propeller wake whose hy…
physics.flu-dyn2026
WAKESET: A Large-Scale, High-Reynolds Number Flow Dataset for Machine Learning of Turbulent Wake Dynamics
Zachary Cooper-Baldock, Paulo E. Santos, Russell S. A. Brinkworth +1
Machine learning (ML) offers transformative potential for computational fluid dynamics (CFD), promising to accelerate simulations, improve turbulence modelling, and enable real-tim…
cs.RO2025
Wake-Informed 3D Path Planning for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Using A* and Neural Network Approximations
Zachary Cooper-Baldock, Stephen Turnock, Karl Sammut
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) encounter significant energy, control and navigation challenges in complex underwater environments, particularly during close-proximity operat…