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ICRA
2002
IEEE
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14 years 2 months ago
Towards In-Situ Calibration of Gyro and Doppler Navigation Sensors for Precision Underwater Vehicle Navigation
Abstract This paper addresses a practical problem arising in the calibration of bottom-lock doppler sonar for the navigation of underwater robot vehicles. Employing a least-squares...
James C. Kinsey, Louis L. Whitcomb
IROS
2007
IEEE
162views Robotics» more  IROS 2007»
14 years 4 months ago
Where is your dive buddy: tracking humans underwater using spatio-temporal features
— We present an algorithm for underwater robots to track mobile targets, and specifically human divers, by detecting periodic motion. Periodic motion is typically associated wit...
Junaed Sattar, Gregory Dudek
IROS
2008
IEEE
126views Robotics» more  IROS 2008»
14 years 4 months ago
Visual SLAM for 3D large-scale seabed acquisition employing underwater vehicles
— 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...
Joaquim Salvi, Yvan R. Petillot, Elisabet Batlle
ICRA
1998
IEEE
167views Robotics» more  ICRA 1998»
14 years 2 months ago
Robust Nonlinear Control of an Underwater Vehicle/Manipulator System with Composite Dynamics
This paper is devoted to the problem of nonlinear robust control design for Underwater Vehicle/Manipulator (UVM) systems composed of a freefloating platform equipped with a robot ...
Carlos Canudas de Wit, Ernesto Olguín D&iac...
SAB
2010
Springer
156views Optimization» more  SAB 2010»
13 years 8 months ago
Attentional Mechanisms for Lateral Line Sensing through Spectral Analysis
Abstract. For autonomy in underwater robotics it is essential to develop context-driven controllers, capable of leading from perception to action without human intervention. One of...
Otar Akanyeti, Maria-Camilla Fiazza, Paolo Fiorini