Feature based navigation and localization of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)

• Main Authors: Balasuriya, Arjuna Prabhath, Wijesoma, Wijerupage Sardha
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Research Report
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Control and instrumentation::Robotics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14509
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Under this project research and development work is carried out to introduce on-board intelligence for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs). Techniques and algorithms are proposed for underwater localization and map-building using sonar and optical imaging. Underwater positioning is one of the bigg...