Disaster robotics has become a research area in its own right, with several reported cases of
successful robot deployment in actual disaster scenarios. Most of these disaster …

Water distribution systems are one of the critical infrastructures and major assets of the water
utility in a nation. The infrastructure of the distribution systems consists of resources …

Lagoon has been widely used to treat animal wastewater. However, because lagoon
effluent often fluctuates in water quality, land application of the effluent may pose a risk to the …

In the past two decades, unmanned amphibious robots have proven the most promising and
efficient systems ranging from scientific, military, and commercial applications. The …

This article presents the design of a biomimetic underwater vehicle-manipulator system
(BUVMS) with bioinspired long-fin propulsion and its control methods. The kinematic …

The purpose of this study is to compare the spectral indices for a two-dimensional river
algae map using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and an unmanned surface vehicle …

This paper focuses on the teaming aspects and the role of heterogeneity in a multi-robot
system applied to robot-aided urban search and rescue (USAR) missions. We propose a …

In this paper, we describe the design, the development, and the sea trials of a novel small-
sized autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) designed for monitoring the coastal water quality …

This study aims to comparatively evaluate the interpolation methods to estimate the
chlorophyll-a concentrations in a spatial distribution map using the unmanned surface …

Most developing countries depend on conventional water quality monitoring methods which
are usually expensive, complicated, and time-consuming. In recent years, stationary and …