In recent years, because of the development of marine military science technology,\nthere is a growing interest in the unmanned systems throughout the\nworld. Also, the demand of Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) which can be\nautonomously operated without the operator intervention is increasing dramatically.\nThe growing interests lie in the facts that those USVs can be manufactured\nat much lower costs, and can be operated without the human fatigue,\nwhile can be sent to the hostile or quite dangerous areas that are inherently\nunhealthy for human operators. The utilization and the deployment of such\nvessels will continue to grow in the future. In this paper, along with the technological\ndevelopment of unmanned surface vehicles, we investigate and analyze\nthe cases of already developed platforms and identify the trends of the\ntechnological advances. Additionally, we suggest the future directions of development.
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