— The paper studies the observability properties of the relative localization of two Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) equipped with depth sensors, linear/angular velocity se...
— This paper presents a novel technique to align partial 3D reconstructions of the seabed acquired by a stereo camera mounted on an autonomous underwater vehicle. Vehicle localiz...
- Autonomous navigation in 2D and 3D environments has been studied for a long time. Navigating within a 3D environment is very challenging for both animals and robots and a variety...
— This paper reports an overview of the navigation and control system design for the new Nereus hybrid underwater robotic vehicle (HROV). Vehicle performance during its first se...
Louis L. Whitcomb, Michael V. Jakuba, James C. Kin...
— This paper reports the analytical development and preliminary experimental evaluation of a class of exact nonlinear full state model-based observers for underwater vehicle navi...