NASA’s Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) have collected a great diversity of geological science results, thanks in large part to their surface mobility capabilities. The six wheel r...
Jeffrey J. Biesiadecki, Chris Leger, Mark W. Maimo...
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...
Abstract— This paper is concerned with the in-field autonomous operation of unmanned marine vehicles in accordance with convention for safe and proper collision avoidance as pre...
Michael R. Benjamin, Joseph A. Curcio, John J. Leo...
A practical algorithm for 3-D interpretation of images taken in a sewer by a robot-inspector is presented. Modern sewers made of concrete present regular circular structures origi...
The usability of mobile robots for surveillance, search and rescue missions can be significantly improved by intelligent functionalities decreasing the cognitive load on the opera...