Abstract Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) have been focused on by research
efforts because of their extensive applications in scientific, commercial as well as military …

Abstract Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are robotic devices with a propulsion
system for navigation and an onboard computer for decision making. AUV research is …

Development of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) has permitted the automatization
of many tasks originally achieved with manned vehicles in underwater environments. Teams …

This paper outlines the specifications and basic design approach taken on the development
of the Girona 500, an autonomous underwater vehicle whose most remarkable characteristic …

The worldwide demands for high protein seafood are growing rapidly. Through robots
instead of divers completing the capture will not only reduce the cost, but also improve the …

Underwater Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair operations are nowadays performed using
Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) deployed from dynamic-positioning vessels, having …

Recently, there has been increasing interest in the field of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
(AUV) navigation and localization. Navigation is a critical element for AUV because of the …

Modern mobile robots require precise and robust localization and navigation systems to
achieve mission tasks correctly. In particular, in the underwater environment, where Global …

Autonomous underwater manipulation has been a topic of interest since the early 1990s. In
the past few years, several milestone projects such as SAUVIM and TRIDENT have …

This paper addresses the novel design of an underwater manipulator with a lightweight
multilink structure and its free-floating autonomous operation. The concept design reduces …