Spawned by fast paced progress in marine science and technology, the past two decades
have witnessed growing interest in ocean exploration and exploitation for scientific and …

Coastal and marine management require the evaluation of multiple environmental threats
and issues. However, there are gaps in the necessary data and poor access or …

The development of precise and robust navigation strategies for Autonomous Underwater
Vehicles (AUVs) is fundamental to reach the high level of performance required by complex …

Attitude estimation is a crucial aspect for navigation and motion control of autonomous
vehicles. This concept is particularly true in the case of unavailability of localization sensors …

We discuss measures of collective intelligence in evolved and designed self-organizing
ensembles, defining collective intelligence in terms of the benefits to be gained through the …

Robust and performing navigation systems for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)
play a discriminant role towards the success of complex underwater missions involving one …

In this research work a case study dealing with the identification of the main hydrodynamic
properties of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) is presented. The vehicle is the …

Modern autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are currently involved in complex tasks
and scenarios, and require accurate and robust navigation systems to estimate their …

This letter presents a biomimetic underwater soft robot design with novel propulsion and
maneuvering mechanisms. The robot design took inspirations from cephalopod molluscs …

This work aims to develop and evaluate a navigation strategy based on optical payloads for
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs). The use of cameras for navigation purposes can …