Advances in acoustic technology and instrumentation now make it possible to explore
marine resources. As a significant component of ocean exploration, underwater acoustic …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review provides an overview of the current state of the art in
Underwater Human-Robot Interaction (U-HRI), which is an area that is quite different from …

A wide range of human–robot collaborative applications in diverse domains, such as
manufacturing, health care, the entertainment industry, and social interactions, require an …

The oceans cover more than two-thirds of the planet, representing the vastest part of natural
resources. Nevertheless, only a fraction of the ocean depths has been explored. Within this …

In this article, we present a novel underwater dataset collected from several field trials within
the EU FP7 project “Cognitive autonomous diving buddy (CADDY)”, where an Autonomous …

In the scenario where an underwater vehicle tracks an underwater target, reliable estimation
of the target position is required. While USBL measurements provide target position …

Autonomous underwater navigation presents a whole set of challenges to be resolved in
order to become adequately accurate and reliable. That is particularly critical when human …

Despite the popularity of the buddy system, where a pair of divers look out for each other,
scuba diving still poses significant risks with 15–30 deaths per 100 000 divers per year. In …

For the interaction between marine robots and divers in the underwater environment, a
method of diver's gesture recognition and segmentation is proposed. This method first uses …

Divers operate in harsh and poorly monitored environments, in which the slightest
unexpected disturbance, technical malfunction, or lack of attention can have catastrophic …