This thesis proposes new methods to find collision-free paths allowing an AUV to cover an area of the ocean floor with its sensors, which is known as coverage path planning. First, we propose a coverage path planning method to plan 2D, safe-altitude surveys which provides a principled way to account for obstacles in AUV survey planning. Its main advantage is that it minimizes redundant coverage when the vehicle navigates at constant depth, leading to shorter paths. Second, we provide a method to account for the uncertainty in the vehicle position estimates when planning 2D surveys. The method minimizes the uncertainty induced by the path and leads to better maps of the ocean floor as a result. Third, we provide a coverage path planning meth...
We present a path planning method for autonomous underwater vehicles in order to maximize mutual inf...
Area coverage and robot navigation are two important research fields within robotics. However, thei...
Abstract — A framework for generating coverage paths for marine habitat mapping is proposed in this ...
We present a novel method for planning coverage paths for inspecting complex structures on the ocean...
Abstract — We present a novel method for planning 3D coverage paths for inspection of complex struct...
Abstract — This paper proposes a coverage path planning (CPP) method for inspection of 3D natural st...
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are unmanned vehicles that operate underwater. These vehicles ...
We present a seabed profile estimation and following method for close proximity inspection of 3D und...
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/113717/1/rob21554.pd
Abstract — Coverage path planning is the problem of moving an effector (e.g. a robot, a sensor) over...
The most common applications of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) include imaging and inspectin...
We present an approach for planning collision-free paths on-line for an underwater multi-robot syste...
This thesis presents an autonomous approach of 3-D coverage of underwater terrain using multi-level ...
Abstract – We present a novel method for planning and executing paths for inspection of complex stru...
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) usually operate in ocean environments characterized by complex...
We present a path planning method for autonomous underwater vehicles in order to maximize mutual inf...
Area coverage and robot navigation are two important research fields within robotics. However, thei...
Abstract — A framework for generating coverage paths for marine habitat mapping is proposed in this ...
We present a novel method for planning coverage paths for inspecting complex structures on the ocean...
Abstract — We present a novel method for planning 3D coverage paths for inspection of complex struct...
Abstract — This paper proposes a coverage path planning (CPP) method for inspection of 3D natural st...
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are unmanned vehicles that operate underwater. These vehicles ...
We present a seabed profile estimation and following method for close proximity inspection of 3D und...
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/113717/1/rob21554.pd
Abstract — Coverage path planning is the problem of moving an effector (e.g. a robot, a sensor) over...
The most common applications of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) include imaging and inspectin...
We present an approach for planning collision-free paths on-line for an underwater multi-robot syste...
This thesis presents an autonomous approach of 3-D coverage of underwater terrain using multi-level ...
Abstract – We present a novel method for planning and executing paths for inspection of complex stru...
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) usually operate in ocean environments characterized by complex...
We present a path planning method for autonomous underwater vehicles in order to maximize mutual inf...
Area coverage and robot navigation are two important research fields within robotics. However, thei...
Abstract — A framework for generating coverage paths for marine habitat mapping is proposed in this ...