• DocumentCode
    399751
  • Title

    Benthic boundary tracking using a profiler sonar

  • Author

    Barat, Christian ; Rendas, Maria João

  • Author_Institution
    Laboratoire DS, CNRS-UNSA, Sophia Antipolis, France
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    27-31 Oct. 2003
  • Firstpage
    830
  • Abstract
    The paper presents work on autonomous tracking of boundaries between distinct benthic regions using an AUV equipped of a mechanically scanning profiler sonar. By exploiting sonar scans of the region below the robot, a classical control loop is closed around the sonar data, using a feedback signal that is robust with respect to classification "noise." Results obtained in a real experiment of tracking a boundary between sand and Posidonia are presented.
  • Keywords
    feedback; remotely operated vehicles; sonar tracking; telerobotics; underwater vehicles; autonomous boundary tracking; autonomous underwater vehicle; benthic boundary tracking; benthic regions; control loop; feedback signal; profiler sonar; robot; Automatic control; Biomedical signal processing; Educational robots; Imaging phantoms; Motion control; Oceans; Pressure control; Remotely operated vehicles; Signal processing algorithms; Sonar;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2003. (IROS 2003). Proceedings. 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7860-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IROS.2003.1250732
  • Filename
    1250732