A bathymetric mapping and SLAM dataset with high-precision ground truth for marine robotics

K Krasnosky, C Roman… - … International Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent years, sonar systems for surface and underwater vehicles have increased in
resolution and become significantly less expensive. As such, these systems are viable at a …

A self‐consistent bathymetric mapping algorithm

C Roman, H Singh - Journal of Field Robotics, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The achievable accuracy of bathymetric mapping in the deep ocean using robotic systems is
most often limited by the available guidance or navigation information used to combine the …

TTT SLAM: A feature-based bathymetric SLAM framework

Q Zhang, J Kim - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a new feature-based framework for bathymetric simultaneous
localization and mapping (SLAM), called the TTT SLAM. In the frontend of the SLAM …

Communication-constrained cooperative bathymetric simultaneous localisation and mapping with efficient bathymetric data transmission method

T Ma, W Zhang, Y Li, Y Zhao, Q Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Bathymetric simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM) methods yield accurate
navigation results for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and can construct consistent …

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 …

Improving self-consistency in underwater mapping through laser-based loop closure

T Hitchcox, JR Forbes - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate, self-consistent bathymetric maps are needed to monitor changes in subsea
environments and infrastructure. These maps are increasingly collected by underwater …

Synthetic scan formation for underwater mapping with low-cost mechanical scanning sonars (MSS)

T Hansen, A Birk - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mechanical Scanning Sonars (MSS) are popular devices for Unmanned Underwater
Vehicles (UUV), ie, Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) and Autonomous Underwater …

Active Bathymetric SLAM for autonomous underwater exploration

Y Ling, Y Li, T Ma, Z Cong, S Xu, Z Li - Applied Ocean Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Bathymetric simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) methods have shown their
potential in deep-sea navigation and mapping for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) …

Non-gaussian slam utilizing synthetic aperture sonar

MY Cheung, D Fourie, NR Rypkema… - … on Robotics and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) is a technique to improve the spatial resolution from a
moving set of receivers by extending the array in time, increasing the effective array length …

Towards autonomous navigation with the Yellowfin AUV

A Melim, M West - OCEANS'11 MTS/IEEE KONA, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper shows a design-to-simulation approach for tackling the autonomous underwater
vehicle navigation problem. Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is a primary …