# Never too Cocky to Cooperate: An FIM and RL-based USV-AUV Collaborative System for Underwater Tasks in Extreme Sea Conditions

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.14894 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2504.14894/

## Key facts

- Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 21 Apr 2025.

## Built on by (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [DREAM: Domain-aware Reasoning for Efficient Autonomous Underwater Monitoring](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2509.13666/) (2025)
- [AquaBEV: Monocular Underwater BEV Occupancy with 3D Sonar Supervision](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2609.04411/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

This paper develops a novel unmanned surface vehicle (USV)-autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) collaborative system designed to enhance underwater task performance in extreme sea conditions. The system integrates a dual strategy: (1) high-precision multi-AUV localization enabled by Fisher information matrix-optimized USV path planning, and (2) reinforcement learning-based cooperative planning and control method for multi-AUV task execution. Extensive experimental evaluations in the underwater data collection task demonstrate the system's operational feasibility, with quantitative results showing significant performance improvements over baseline methods. The proposed system exhibits robust coordination capabilities between USV and AUVs while maintaining stability in extreme sea conditions. To facilitate reproducibility and community advancement, we provide an open-source simulation toolkit available at: https://github.com/360ZMEM/USV-AUV-colab .