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Dynamic Formations of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles using State Estimation

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The capability of this algorithm in complex formations is investigated and takes into account the dynamics of leader and follower robots and dynamic formation changes en route are analyzed.
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Teams of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles(AUVs) can extend the range and/or reliability of any underwater mission and are finding newer applications everyday. In this paper, we propose and analyze the performance of a leader-follower formation control algorithm based on state estimation. The controller estimates the next desired position of each follower robot from the previous and current positions of the leader and follower robots and drives each follower robot into the desired trajectory. This paper investigates the capability of this algorithm in complex formations and takes into account the dynamics of leader and follower robots. Dynamic formation changes en route is also analyzed. A brief description of the experimental setup for the real time testing of the system is provided.

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Observability analysis of acoustic positioning for multi-agent underwater vehicles

TL;DR: In this paper , an observability analysis of multi-agent underwater vehicles that use underwater acoustic positioning is presented, and the analysis revealed the observability of different input and output conditions of two kinematic systems: state estimates with and without a heading.

Observability analysis of acoustic positioning for multi-agent underwater vehicles

TL;DR: In this paper , an observability analysis of multi-agent underwater vehicles that use underwater acoustic positioning is presented, and the analysis revealed the observability of different input and output conditions of two kinematic systems: state estimates with and without a heading.
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Controlling formations of multiple mobile robots

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Leader-follower formation control of underactuated autonomous underwater vehicles

TL;DR: In this article, a leader-follower formation control of multiple underactuated autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) is proposed, where the follower tracks a reference trajectory based on the leader position and predetermined formation without the need for leader's velocity and dynamics.
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Farbod Fahimi
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