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Experiments with Cooperative Networked Control of Underwater Robots

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Experimental Robotics

Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics ((STAR,volume 39))

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We present details and results obtained with an underwater system comprising two different autonomous underwater robots (AUV) and ten static underwater nodes (USN) networked together optically and acoustically. The AUVs can locate and hover above the static nodes for data upload, and they can perform network maintenance functions such as deployment, relocation, and recovery. The AUVs can also locate each other, dock, and move using coordinated control that takes advantage of each AUV’s strength.

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Oussama Khatib Vijay Kumar Daniela Rus

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Dunbabin, M., Vasilescu, I., Corke, P., Rus, D. (2008). Experiments with Cooperative Networked Control of Underwater Robots. In: Khatib, O., Kumar, V., Rus, D. (eds) Experimental Robotics. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, vol 39. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77457-0_43

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