An overview of autonomous underwater vehicle research and testbed at PeRL

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 33-47

  Brown, Hunter C ^a   Kim, Ayoung ^a   Eustice, Ryan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

AUVs; Mapping; Navigation; SLAM; Testbed

Indexed keywords

AUVS; MULTI-VEHICLES; REAL-TIME MAPPING; REAL-WORLD; RESEARCH AREAS; RESEARCH CENTER; RESEARCH OBJECTIVES; SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING; SLAM; UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN;

MAPPING; NAVIGATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RESEARCH; SUBMERSIBLE MOTORS; SUBMERSIBLES; TEST FACILITIES; TESTBEDS; UNDERWATER BALLISTICS; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT; UNDERWATER STRUCTURES; WATER CRAFT;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

ALGORITHM; AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; LABORATORY METHOD; MAPPING METHOD; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; REAL TIME; RESEARCH WORK; ROBOTICS; SENSOR; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 70349322893     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4031/MTSJ.43.2.4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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