Advanced perception, navigation and planning for autonomous in-water ship hull inspection

Inspection of ship hulls and marine structures using autonomous underwater vehicles has emerged as a unique and challenging application of robotics. The problem poses rich questions in physical design and operation, perception and navigation, and planning, driven by difficulties arising from the aco...

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Main Authors: Hover, Franz S., Eustice, Ryan M., Kim, Ayoung, Englot, Brendan J., Johannsson, Hordur, Kaess, Michael, Leonard, John Joseph
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Sage Publications 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78589
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8863-6550
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2621-7633