In this paper we present HIRO-NET, Heterogeneous Intelligent Robotic Network. HIRO-NET
is an emergency infrastructure-less network tailored to address the problem of providing …

Robotic explorers are essential tools for gathering information about regions that are
inaccessible to humans. For applications like planetary exploration or search and rescue …

Mapping the seafloor in the deep ocean is currently performed using sonar systems on
surface vessels (low-resolution maps) or undersea vessels (high-resolution maps). Surface …

This article describes HIRO-NET, an Heterogeneous Intelligent Robotic Network. HIRO-NET
is an emergency infrastructure-less network that aims to address the problem of providing …

Fish commonly combine pectoral fin motion with tail and body motion to create a swimming
gait. The rowing pectoral fin motion is characterized by distinct power and recovery strokes …

Underwater sensing and mapping operations using autonomous vehicles are becoming
widely used. This article describes an automated system to launch and recover an AUV. It …

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles are remarkable machines that revolutionized the
collection of data at sea. There are many examples of highly operational man-portable …

This paper proposes a new concept of the ocean exploration method using an unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV) and an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) in cooperation …

This paper describes a system designed to collect water samples, from the surface down to
a configurable depth, and with configurable profiles of vertical velocity. The design was …

This thesis addresses the open research problem of efficiently use Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles to mitigate and eventually recover Cellular Networks in extreme conditions, such as …