Sorbi, L; de Capua, GP; Fontaine, JG; Toni, L; (2012) A behavior-based mission planner for cooperative autonomous underwater vehicles. Marine Technology Society Journal , 46 (2) pp. 32-44. 10.4031/MTSJ.46.2.5.

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Abstract

Due to its applications in marine research, oceanographic, and undersea exploration, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and the related control algorithms recently have been under intense investigation. In this work, we address target detection and tracking issues, proposing a control strategy that is able to benefit from the cooperation among robots within the fleet. In particular, we introduce a behaviorbased planner for cooperative AUVs, proposing an algorithmthat is able to search and recognize targets in both static and dynamic scenarios. With no a priori information about the surrounding environment, robots cover an unknown area with the goal of finding objects of interest. When a target is found, the AUVs' goal is to classify (fixed target) or track (mobile target) the target, with no information about target trajectory and with formation constraints. Results demonstrate the good overall performance of the proposed algorithm in both scenarios.

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