In this paper we describe a heterogeneous multi-robot system for assisting scientists in
environmental monitoring tasks, such as the inspection of marine ecosystems. This team of …

Robotic sampling is attractive in many field robotics applications that require persistent
collection of physical samples for ex-situ analysis. Examples abound in the earth sciences in …

Ocean monitoring is an expensive and time consuming endeavor, but it can be made more
efficient through the use of teams of autonomous robots. In this paper, we present a system …

Carp is a highly invasive bottom-feeding fish that pollutes and dominates lakes by releasing
harmful nutrients. Recently, biologists started studying the behavior of carp by tagging the …

The coastal ocean is a complex environment driven by the interaction of atmospheric,
oceanographic, estuarine/riverine, and land-sea processes which result in dynamic coastal …

In recent years, there has been significant concern about the impacts of offshore oil spill
plumes and harmful algal blooms on the coastal ocean environment and biology, as well as …

This paper presents a path planner which exploits ocean energy to enable long-range
operation of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) in turbulent, cluttered, time varying …

Long range and high endurance Autonomous Underwater Vehicles such as gliders enable
sustained oceanographic sampling at larger time-scales and much lower operational costs …

Oceanic fronts, similar to atmospheric fronts, occur at the interface of two fluid (water)
masses of varying characteristics. In regions such as these where there are quantifiable …

Submarine search-evasion path planning aims to acquire an evading route for a submarine
so as to avoid the detection of hostile anti-submarine searchers such as helicopters, aircraft …