Sampling sea surfaces with SESAMO: An autonomous craft for the study of sea-air interactions

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 95-105

  Caccia, Massimo ^a   Bono, Riccardo ^a   Bruzzone, Gabriele ^a   Bruzzone, Giorgio ^a   Spirandelli, Edoardo ^a   Veruggio, Gianmarco ^a   Stortini, Angela Maria ^a   Capodaglio, Gabriele ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomous surface vessels; Marine robotics; Marine science applications

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MARINE BIOLOGY; NAVIGATION; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; TWO TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CRAFT;

AUTONOMOUS SURFACE VESSELS; MARINE ROBOTICS; MARINE SCIENCE APPLICATIONS; SEA SURFACE AUTONOMOUS MODULAR UNIT (SESAMO); SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 27844443189     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2005.1511873     Document Type: Article

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