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Main Authors: Makam, Rajini, Cohen, Nadav, Shadakshari, Sumukh, Bhatta, Srinivasa Puranika, Klein, Itzik, Sundaram, Suresh
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.05309
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author Makam, Rajini
Cohen, Nadav
Shadakshari, Sumukh
Bhatta, Srinivasa Puranika
Klein, Itzik
Sundaram, Suresh
author_facet Makam, Rajini
Cohen, Nadav
Shadakshari, Sumukh
Bhatta, Srinivasa Puranika
Klein, Itzik
Sundaram, Suresh
contents Navigation is a critical aspect of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) operating in complex underwater environments. Since global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals are unavailable underwater, navigation relies on inertial sensing, which tends to accumulate errors over time. To mitigate this, the Doppler velocity log (DVL) plays a crucial role in determining navigation accuracy. In this paper, we compare two neural network models: an adapted version of BeamsNet, based on a one-dimensional convolutional neural network, and a Spectrally Normalized Memory Neural Network (SNMNN). The former focuses on extracting spatial features, while the latter leverages memory and temporal features to provide more accurate velocity estimates while handling biased and noisy DVL data. The proposed approaches were trained and tested on real AUV data collected in the Mediterranean Sea. Both models are evaluated in terms of accuracy and estimation certainty and are benchmarked against the least squares (LS) method, the current model-based approach. The results show that the neural network models achieve over a 50% improvement in RMSE for the estimation of the AUV velocity, with a smaller standard deviation.
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spellingShingle Performance Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Learning Networks in the Presence of DVL Noise
Makam, Rajini
Cohen, Nadav
Shadakshari, Sumukh
Bhatta, Srinivasa Puranika
Klein, Itzik
Sundaram, Suresh
Signal Processing
Navigation is a critical aspect of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) operating in complex underwater environments. Since global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals are unavailable underwater, navigation relies on inertial sensing, which tends to accumulate errors over time. To mitigate this, the Doppler velocity log (DVL) plays a crucial role in determining navigation accuracy. In this paper, we compare two neural network models: an adapted version of BeamsNet, based on a one-dimensional convolutional neural network, and a Spectrally Normalized Memory Neural Network (SNMNN). The former focuses on extracting spatial features, while the latter leverages memory and temporal features to provide more accurate velocity estimates while handling biased and noisy DVL data. The proposed approaches were trained and tested on real AUV data collected in the Mediterranean Sea. Both models are evaluated in terms of accuracy and estimation certainty and are benchmarked against the least squares (LS) method, the current model-based approach. The results show that the neural network models achieve over a 50% improvement in RMSE for the estimation of the AUV velocity, with a smaller standard deviation.
title Performance Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Learning Networks in the Presence of DVL Noise
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.05309