Demands for oil and gas are increasing with urbanization and industrialization of the world's
increasing population. Giant oil fields are declining in their production worldwide and this …

This is a review paper that surveys past work in, and the recent status of, active synthetic
aperture sonar (SAS). It covers the early historical development of SAS with its provenance …

With recent advances in battery capacity and the development of hydrogen fuel cells,
autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are being used to undertake longer missions that …

This paper is about using range-only data to navigate an autonomous underwater vehicle
(AUV). We assume the vehicle is equipped with conventional long base line (LBL) …

Recognizing the potential of autonomous underwater vehicles for scientific and military
applications, in 1997 MIT and the NATO Undersea Research Centre initiated a Joint …

" Digital Sonar Design in Underwater Acoustics Principles and Applications" provides
comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of research on sonar design, including the basic …

This paper applies a new constant-time, consistent and convergent Simultaneous
Localization and Map** (SLAM) algorithm to synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) data acquired …

Underwater environment is the new frontier for major future discovery for the benefits of the
world at large. The vastness of the oceans mirrored the vast potentials that lie beneath it. In …

One of the long term goals of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) minehunting is to have
multiple inexpensive AUVs in a harbor autonomously classify hazards. Existing acoustic …

In this paper, we present the design and proof of concept of a streamlined, low-cost, and
smooth-hulled underwater vehicle, miniature animal safe underwater vehicle (MASUV-1) …