A new concept for an obstacle avoidance system for the AUV "SLOCUM glider" operation under ice

OCEANS '09 IEEE Bremen: Balancing Technology with Future Needs

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Eichhorn, Mike ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT SIMULATION; GRAPH-BASED; MOVING OBSTACLES; NEW CONCEPT; OBSTACLE-AVOIDANCE SYSTEM; PATH-PLANNING; SIMULATOR STRUCTURE; TIME-VARYING ENVIRONMENTS; UNDERWATER GLIDERS;

GLIDERS; ICE CONTROL; OCEANOGRAPHY; SUBMERSIBLES; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT; WATER CRAFT;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

EID: 71249155981     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANSE.2009.5278350     Document Type: Conference Paper

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