4 papers
Confined Space Underwater Positioning Using Collaborative Robots
Xueliang Cheng, Kanzhong Yao, Andrew West +3
Positioning of underwater robots in confined and cluttered spaces remains a key challenge for field operations. Existing systems are mostly designed for large, open-water environme…
Virtual Elastic Tether: a New Approach for Multi-agent Navigation in Confined Aquatic Environments
Kanzhong Yao, Xueliang Cheng, Keir Groves +3
Underwater navigation is a challenging area in the field of mobile robotics due to inherent constraints in self-localisation and communication in underwater environments. Some of t…
Collaborative Aquatic Positioning System Utilising Multi-beam Sonar and Depth Sensors
Xueliang Cheng, Ognjen Marjanovic, Barry Lennox +1
Accurate positioning of underwater robots in confined environments is crucial for inspection and mapping tasks and is also a prerequisite for autonomous operations. Presently, ther…
Millimeter-Wave Sensing for Avoidance of High-Risk Ground Conditions for Mobile Robots
Jamie Blanche, Shivoh Chirayil Nandakumar, Daniel Mitchell +7
Mobile robot autonomy has made significant advances in recent years, with navigation algorithms well developed and used commercially in certain well-defined environments, such as w…