Station keeping is an essential maneuver for autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs), mainly
when used in confined spaces, to carry out surveys that require the ASV to keep its position …

In this paper, we present the design, development and a practical use of an Autonomous
Surface Vehicle (ASV) as a modular and flexible platform for a large variety of marine tasks …

This article focuses on the coordination and communication aspects of multi-robot systems
(MRS) and explores what, how and when robots should coordinate and communicate in …

Abstract Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) employed for inspection and monitoring
applications require a reliable estimate of their navigation status to successfully accomplish …

Abstract Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) have proven to be a precious resource
for oceans preservation thanks to their ability to accomplish survey missions on wide areas …

Abstract Using a Maritime Unmanned System (MUS) always involves a trade-off between
the ability to autonomously accomplish tasks of increasing difficulty and the possibility for a …

Due to the harsh underwater environment, it is a challenging issue to realize the high-
precision localization for underwater mobile nodes. In this paper, we investigate the problem …

Oceans preservation and protection have become increasingly relevant topics to tackle
climate change. To this end, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) provide a useful …

Cooperation among heterogeneous marine vehicles can offer several benefits to
underwater applications, such as supporting the navigation of submerged robots by …

Multiple autonomous marine vehicles can be used for complementary cooperative operation
to perform given marine tasks. This paper presents a method of cooperative positioning …