Autonomous surface vehicles are gaining increasing attention worldwide due to the potential benefits of improving safety and efficiency. This has raised the interest in developing methods for path planning that can reduce the risk of collisions, groundings, and stranding accidents at sea, as well as costs and time expenditure. In this paper, we review guidance, and more specifically, path planning algorithms of autonomous surface vehicles and their classification. In particular, we highlight vessel autonomy, regulatory framework, guidance, navigation and control components, advances in the industry, and previous reviews in the field. In addition, we analyse the terminology used in the literature and attempt to clarify ambiguities in commonly used terms related to path planning. Finally, we summarise and discuss our findings and highlight the potential need for new regulations for autonomous surface vehicles.

由于提高安全性和效率的潜在好处，无人驾驶地面车辆在世界范围内越来越受到关注。这引起了对开发路径规划方法的兴趣，该方法可以减少发生碰撞，接地和在海上搁浅事故的风险以及成本和时间花费。在本文中，我们回顾了指南，尤其是自动水面车辆的路径规划算法及其分类。特别是，我们重点介绍了船舶自主权，监管框架，指南，导航和控制组件，行业进展以及该领域的先前评论。此外，我们分析了文献中使用的术语，并试图澄清与路径规划相关的常用术语中的歧义。最后，