The use of simulators in robotics research is widespread, underpinning the majority of recent
advances in the field. There are now more options available to researchers than ever before …

This paper describes the Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) Simulator, an extension of
the open-source robotics simulator Gazebo to underwater scenarios, that can simulate …

The underwater environment is among Earth's most challenging domains, where failures
incur elevated risks and costs for both technology and human endeavors. As a …

Simulation plays an important role in the development, testing and evaluation of new robotic
applications, reducing implementation time, cost and risk. For much of the robotics …

Sensing and communication technology has been used successfully in various event
monitoring applications over the last two decades, especially in places where long-term …

The utilization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) like drones for indoor data gathering or
sensing applications have gained popularity over the last decade. Indoor UAV navigation is …

Currently the inspection of industrial underwater structures is performed by remotely
operated vehicles or by divers. Since the number of underwater structures keeps growing …

Mainly when applied in the underwater environment, sonar simulation requires great
computational effort due to the complexity of acoustic physics. Simulation of sonar operation …

Hardware-in-the-loop simulation (HILS) is well known as an effective approach in the design
of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) systems, enabling engineers to test the control algorithm …

We designed and validated a novel simulator for efficient development of multi-robot marine
missions. To accelerate development of cooperative behaviors, the simulator models the …