Reconfigurable AUV for intervention missions: A case study on underwater object recovery

Intelligent Service Robotics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-31

  Prats, Mario ^a   Ribas, David ^b   Palomeras, Narcís ^b   García, Juan Carlos ^a   Nannen, Volker ^c   Wirth, Stephan ^c   Fernández, J Javier ^a   Beltrán, Joan P ^c   Campos, Ricard ^b   Ridao, Pere ^b   Sanz, Pedro J ^a   Oliver, Gabriel ^c   Carreras, Marc ^b   Gracias, Nuno ^b   Marín, Raúl ^a   Ortiz, Alberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autonomous underwater manipulation; Graphical user interfaces; Intervention AUV; Underwater computer vision; Underwater robotics

Indexed keywords

COMPLETE SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FLIGHT DATA RECORDERS; INTERVENTION AUV; RE-CONFIGURABLE; SHALLOW WATERS; TECHNIQUES USED; UNDERWATER COMPUTER VISION; UNDERWATER MANIPULATION; UNDERWATER OBJECTS; UNDERWATER ROBOTICS;

COMPUTER VISION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; RECOVERY; RESEARCH; SEARCH ENGINES; SUBMERSIBLES; WATER CRAFT; WATER TANKS;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

EID: 84855313362     PISSN: 18612776     EISSN: 18612784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11370-011-0101-z     Document Type: Article

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