Disaster robotics has become a research area in its own right, with several reported cases of
successful robot deployment in actual disaster scenarios. Most of these disaster …

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 …

In this paper, a cloud-based mission control architecture is proposed to achieve flexible
remote access and coordinated mission control among a fleet of unmanned surface vehicles …

Water pollution generated by accidental spill of hazardous materials is a growing problem
worldwide. There is an urgent need for a tool that would help environmental response teams …

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

This work presents an Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) with tracking capability. The ASV
is able to follow after an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) without prior knowledge of …

SCUBA diving activities are classified as high-risk due to the dangerous environment,
dependency on technical equipment that ensures life support, reduced underwater …

The bacterial foraging optimisation (BFO) algorithm is a commonly adopted bio-inspired
optimisation algorithm. However, BFO is not a proper choice in coping with continuous …

With the growth of sensing, control and robotic technologies, autonomous underwater
vehicles (AUVs) have become useful assistants to human divers for performing various …

The underwater environment is hazardous for humans since they are dependent on
technical equipment for life support, have limited navigation and communication capabilities …