Title :
A Testbed for Performance Evaluation of Underwater Vehicle Team Formation and Steering Algorithms
Author :
Chen, Baozhi ; Pompili, Dario
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Underwater testbeds are key tools for performance evaluation of underwater communication and coordination algorithms to enable swarming of autonomous vehicles. We describe a demonstration of underwater vehicle team formation and steering algorithms using our underwater testbed. The tesdbed allows the user to configure ocean currents and underwater communication parameters so to study properties of these algorithms such as stability, robustness, and convergence.
Keywords :
remotely operated vehicles; underwater acoustic communication; underwater vehicles; autonomous vehicles; steering algorithms; underwater communication; underwater testbeds; underwater vehicle team formation; Acoustic sensors; Acoustic testing; Delay; Modems; Oceans; Remotely operated vehicles; Robust stability; Underwater acoustics; Underwater communication; Underwater vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Sensor Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), 2010 7th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7150-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7151-5
DOI :
10.1109/SECON.2010.5508226
