Simultaneous acoustic navigation of multiple AUVs

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2006

Authors

Aníbal Matos (Author) FEUP; Nuno Cruz (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: MCMC’2006 - 7th Conference on Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Craft

Pages: 1-6

Lisboa, Portugal, 20 a 22 de Setembro de 2006

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

Other information

Abstract (EN): Although the simultaneous use of multiple AUVs in some mission scenarios is advantageous when compared with single AUV operations, it poses some challenging questions regarding the coordinated control and navigation of multiple vehicle operations. This paper addresses the simultaneous navigation of multiple vehicles using the same acoustic network. We propose a configuration for a long baseline acoustic network that allows each vehicle to determine its position as well as the positions of all the other vehicles using the same network. The proposed mode of operation minimizes the number of additional signal exchanges. Furthermore, this is accomplished without the need of any communication link between the vehicles.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6