Trash deposits in aquatic environments have a destructive effect on marine ecosystems and
pose a long-term economic and environmental threat. Autonomous underwater vehicles …

A wide range of human–robot collaborative applications in diverse domains, such as
manufacturing, health care, the entertainment industry, and social interactions, require an …

This paper presents a novel tightly-coupled keyframe-based Simultaneous Localization and
Map** (SLAM) system with loop-closing and relocalization capabilities targeted for the …

This letter explores the design and development of a class of robust diver detection
algorithms for autonomous diver-following applications. By considering the operational …

In this paper, we present a number of robust methodologies for an underwater robot to
visually detect, follow, and interact with a diver for collaborative task execution. We design …

Coralligenous habitats are of special interest in the Mediterranean Sea because they
represent one of the most important biodiversity 'hot-spots' and are considered of great …

We present a robust multi-robot convoying approach that relies on visual detection of the
leading agent, thus enabling target following in unstructured 3-D environments. Our method …

This paper addresses real-time dense 3D reconstruction for a resource-constrained
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). Underwater vision-guided operations are among …

This paper presents a novel approach to modeling curiosity in a mobile robot, which is
useful for monitoring and adaptive data collection tasks, especially in the context of long …

The exploration of dangerous environments such as underwater coral reefs and shipwrecks
is a difficult and potentially life-threatening task for humans, which naturally makes the use of …