Design and Simulation of the Hull of a Small-Sized Autonomous Surface Vehicle for Seabed Mapping

Autonomous Surface Vehicles are versatile marine vehicles that allow to fulfill a variety of offshore activities. Their versatility has been appreciated by the marine and aquatic science community, in fact, in the last years, a large number of ASVs have been developed in research projects and introduced in the market.

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