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 …

Visual systems are receiving increasing attention in underwater applications. While the
photogrammetric and computer vision literature so far has largely targeted shallow water …

Mobile robot vision-based navigation has been the source of countless research
contributions, from the domains of both vision and control. Vision is becoming more and …

The goals of this article are twofold. First, we detail the operations and discuss the results of
the 2005 Chios ancient shipwreck survey. This survey was conducted by an international …

Robust, scalable simultaneous localization and map** (SLAM) algorithms support the
successful deployment of robots in real‐world applications. In many cases these platforms …

This paper addresses video tracking, the problem of following moving targets automatically
over a video sequence, and brings three main contributions. First, we give a concise …

This paper describes and evaluates a concurrent map** and localization (CML) algorithm
suitable for localizing an autonomous underwater vehicle. The proposed CML algorithm …

Ship hulls, as well as bridges, port dock pilings, dams, and various underwater structures
need to be inspected for periodic maintenance. Additionally, there is a critical need to …

This study proposes a 3-D seafloor scanning method using sonar images obtained by an
acoustic lens-based multibeam sonar (ALMS). ALMS is a forward-looking sonar and is …

The use of marine cabled video observatories with multiparametric environmental data
collection capability is becoming relevant for ecological monitoring strategies. Their …