Robust inertial-aided underwater localization based on imaging sonar keyframes

Y Xu, R Zheng, S Zhang, M Liu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article focuses on feature-based underwater localization and navigation for
autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) using 2-D imaging sonar measurements. The …

Pseudo-3D vision-inertia based underwater self-localization for AUVs

Y Wang, X Ma, J Wang, H Wang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) play an important role in subaqueous construction
and oceanographic survey, in which AUV self-localization is a crucial component. Current …

Degeneracy-aware imaging sonar simultaneous localization and mapping

E Westman, M Kaess - IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-frequency imaging sonar sensors have recently been applied to aid underwater
vehicle localization, by providing frame-to-frame odometry measurements or loop closures …

Deepurl: Deep pose estimation framework for underwater relative localization

B Joshi, M Modasshir, T Manderson… - 2020 IEEE/RSJ …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a real-time deep learning approach for determining the 6D relative
pose of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) from a single image. A team of …

Underwater sonar and aerial images data fusion for robot localization

MM Dos Santos, GG De Giacomo… - 2019 19th …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous underwater navigation is a challenging problem because of the limitations
imposed by aquatic environments. Among them, the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) …

Robust real-time AUV self-localization based on stereo vision-inertia

Y Wang, D Gu, X Ma, J Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) play an important role in deep-sea exploration, in
which AUV self-localization is a key component. However, due to poor visibility caused by …

Camera-sonar combination for improved underwater localization and mapping

A Cardaillac, M Ludvigsen - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Taking advantage of the complimentary properties of sonars and cameras can improve
underwater visual odometry and point cloud generation. However, this task remains difficult …

Underwater data-driven positioning estimation using local spatiotemporal nonlinear correlation

C Luo, L Wang, X Yang, G Xin… - IEEE/CAA Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dear Editor, A global and local canonical correlation analysis (GLCCA) based on data-
driven is presented for underwater positioning. Underwater positioning technology can help …

3d object localization using forward looking sonar (fls) and optical camera via particle filter based calibration and fusion

Y Raaj, A John, T Jin - OCEANS 2016 MTS/IEEE Monterey, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Underwater Object Localization is widely used in the industry in Autonomous Underwater
Vehicles (AUV), both in sea and lake environments for various applications. Sonars and …

A fully‐automatic side‐scan sonar simultaneous localization and mapping framework

J Zhang, Y Xie, L Ling… - IET Radar, Sonar & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Side‐scan sonar is a lightweight acoustic sensor that is frequently deployed on autonomous
underwater vehicles (AUVs) to provide high‐resolution seafloor images. However, using …