Toward extraplanetary under-ice exploration: Robotic steps in the arctic

Journal of Field Robotics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 411-429

  Kunz, Clayton ^a   Murphy, Chris ^a   Singh, Hanumant ^a   Pontbriand, Claire ^a   Sohn, Robert A ^a   Singh, Sandipa ^a   Sato, Taichi ^b   Roman, Chris ^c   Nakamura, Ko Ichi ^d   Jakuba, Michael ^e   Eustice, Ryan ^f   Camilli, Richard ^b   Bailey, John ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC CHANNELS; ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATIONS; ARCTIC OCEAN; DEEP OCEAN; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; JUPITER; LOW-BANDWIDTH; MECHANICAL DESIGN; NAVIGATION STRATEGIES; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; SENSOR SUITE;

ARCTIC VEHICLES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HOT SPRINGS; ICE; NAVIGATION; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RECOVERY; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SUBMERSIBLE MOTORS; SUBMERSIBLES; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; UNDERWATER BALLISTICS; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT; UNDERWATER STRUCTURES; WATER CRAFT;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

EID: 67649239016     PISSN: 15564959     EISSN: 15564967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.20288     Document Type: Article

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