Online 3D view planning for autonomous underwater exploration

Autonomous underwater vehicles are used nowadays in many applications. One of the applications is mapping of a particular area of the ocean. Quen the robot needs to cover the area of interest and no prior knowledge of the area to be covered is avaialbe, a robotic exploration algorithm is used. This...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Vidal Garcia, Eduard
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:CBUC, CESCA
Repositorio:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red
OAI Identifier:oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/668814
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/668814
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Underwater robotics
Robòtica submarina
Robótica submarina
View planning
Visualització
Visualización
Motion planning
Planificació del moviment
Planificación del movimiento
Exploration
Exploració
Exploración
Autonomous underwater robots
Robots autònoms submarins
Robots autónomos submarinos
Mapping
Mapeig
Mapeo
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62
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Sumario:Autonomous underwater vehicles are used nowadays in many applications. One of the applications is mapping of a particular area of the ocean. Quen the robot needs to cover the area of interest and no prior knowledge of the area to be covered is avaialbe, a robotic exploration algorithm is used. This thesis develops a robotic exploration algorithm for autonomous underwater vehicles. The proposed algorithm allows the full exploration of a 2D or 3D environment, using acoustic sensors such as a scanning profiling sonar or a multibeam, and optical cameras. The validity of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated through numerous experiments carried out in different locations of the catalan coast, using different vehicles and sensor suites