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ATAL
2004
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Merging Globally Rigid Formations of Mobile Autonomous Agents
This paper is concerned with merging globally rigid formations of mobile autonomous agents. A key element in all future multi-agent systems will be the role of sensor and communic...
Tolga Eren, Brian D. O. Anderson, Walter Whiteley,...
IBPRIA
2003
Springer
15 years 2 months ago
Underwater Cable Tracking by Visual Feedback
Nowadays, the surveillance and inspection of underwater installations, such as power and telecommunication cables and pipelines, is carried out by trained operators who, from the s...
Javier Antich, Alberto Ortiz
IROS
2009
IEEE
170views Robotics» more  IROS 2009»
15 years 4 months ago
A programming architecture for smart autonomous underwater vehicles
— Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are an indispensable tool for marine scientists to study the world’s oceans. The Slocum glider is a buoyancy driven AUV designed for mis...
Hans C. Woithe, Ulrich Kremer
ICRA
2010
IEEE
158views Robotics» more  ICRA 2010»
14 years 7 months ago
A measurement distribution framework for cooperative navigation using multiple AUVs
Abstract-- In recent years underwater survey and surveillance missions with more than a single Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) have become more common thanks to more reliable a...
Maurice F. Fallon, Georgios Papadopoulos, John J. ...
CIRA
2007
IEEE
130views Robotics» more  CIRA 2007»
15 years 4 months ago
Compliant Formation Control of a Multi-Vehicle System
— This research identifies a strategy called compliant formation control, which may be used to coordinate the navigational structure of a team of autonomous vehicles. This techni...
Erica Z. MacArthur, Carl D. Crane III