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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Underwater exploration"”.
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Enabling human-multi-robot collaborative visual exploration in underwater environments
… novel approaches to vision-based autonomous exploration in underwater environments using human-multi-robot systems, enabling robots to adapt to evolving mission priorities learned via a human supervisor’s responses to images collected in situ. The robots model the spatial distribution of …
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Enabling Human-Multi-Robot Collaborative Visual Exploration in Underwater Environments
… novel approaches to vision-based autonomous exploration in underwater environments using human-multi-robot systems, enabling robots to adapt to evolving mission priorities learned via a human supervisor's responses to images collected in situ. The robots model the spatial distribution of …
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Learning-based control of a cyberoctopus
… in real-time, with potential applications in underwater exploration, search and rescue operations, and manufacturing processes.
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Minimally invasive capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers array For biomedical applications
… covers a broad range of applications from underwater exploration and nondestructive evaluation of materials to medical diagnosis and treatment. The ultrasonic transducer plays an important role in determining the resolution, sensitivity, as well as other critical diagnostic capabilities of …
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Autonomous underwater data muling using wireless optical communication and agile AUV control
Underwater exploration and surveillance currently relies on subsea cables and tethers to relay data back to the user. The cause for this is that water heavily absorbs most electromagnetic signals, preventing effective radio communication over large distances, and that underwater communication with …
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Building and controlling fluidically actuated soft robots : from open loop to model-based control
… soft robotic systems, such as fish for underwater exploration or soft arms for dynamic manipulation. We present models describing the physical characteristics of these continuously deformable and fully soft robots, and then leverage these models for motion planning and closed-loop …
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Efficient Bayesian Nonparametric Methods for Model-Free Reinforcement Learning in Centralized and Decentralized Sequential Environments
… planetary navigation, forest firefighting, and underwater exploration. Ideally, good control policies should allow the agents to deal with all the situations in an environment and enable them to accomplish their mission within the budgeted time and resources. However, a correct model of the …
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Deeply-towed underwater vehicle systems : a verified analytical procedure for creating parameterized dynamic models
The dynamics of deeply-towed cable/vehicle systems are governed by nonlinear partial differential equations and as a result, trajectory control is generally difficult using the available techniques. This work examines the possibility of utilizing parametric dynamic models in differential equation …
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Tailoring Artificial Muscles for the Design and Development of Soft Underwater Robots
… achieve complex body morphologies. Specifically, underwater exploration or inspection requires suitable robotic systems capable of maneuvering, manipulating objects, and operating untethered in complex environmental conditions. Traditional robots have been used to perform many tasks underwater. …
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Multi-component Elastomer Composites for Next Generation Electronics and Machines
… divers, and soft machines could be utilized for underwater exploration. In Chapter 2, we provide the first study to quantify the effects of underwater aging in freshwater and saltwater environments on the important mechanical and functional properties of LM composites for long-term underwater …