title: Autonomous Unmanned Surface Vehicle for Water Surface Monitoring
abstract: The unmanned surface vehicle (USV) considered in this article is used for the purpose of environmental monitoring of water areas. Small size of vehicle allows to move sensors to areas close to shore line, under the low bridges where the manned boats difficult or danger to use because of damage. With its help, measurements of the required parameters are carried out directly in the studied area, or water samples are taken for further study in the laboratory. For this, it is necessary that the USV 
journal: TransNav the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation