Recent advances in Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) technology have facilitated the
collection of oceanographic data at a fraction of the cost of ship‐based sampling methods …

Operating autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) near shore is challenging—heavy
shipping traffic and other hazards threaten AUV safety at the surface, and strong ocean …

Path planning and trajectory design for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) is of great
importance to the oceanographic research community because automated data collection is …

Data collection using Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) is increasing in importance
within the oceanographic research community. Contrary to traditional moored or static …

This paper seeks to enhance the autonomy of underwater vehicles. The proposed approach
takes as input a mission specified via a regular language and automatically plans a collision …

An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is an economical and safe tool that is well-suited
for search, investigation, identification, and salvage operations on the sea floor. Path …

Underwater gliders are a class of AUVs designed for high endurance over long distances,
but their reduced velocity makes them more susceptible to ocean currents during …

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are advanced platforms for detecting and mapping
oil spills in deep water. However, their applications in complex spill environments have been …

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have become attractive and essential for
underwater search and exploration because of the advantages they offer over manned …

We present a path planning method for autonomous underwater vehicles in order to
maximize mutual information. We adapt a method previously used for surface vehicles, and …