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Towards tactile sensing applied to underwater autonomous vehicles for near shore survey and de-mining

Rooney, Thomas; Pipe, Anthony G.; Dogramadzi, Sanja; Pearson, Martin

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Thomas Rooney



Abstract

Artificial tactile whisker sensors demonstrate an approach to localisation [1] that is robust to harsh environmental disturbances, endowing autonomous systems with the ability to operate effectively in confined, noisy and visually occluded spaces, such as collapsed buildings or mine shafts, where conventional sensors become unreliable [2]. Marine engineering applications could benefit from such tactile sensors due to the lack of robust underwater close proximity sensing techniques. Animals such as walruses, seals and manatees all have exquisitely sensitive whiskers, which they use for hunting and foraging. Building upon a recent pilot study in underwater tactile sensing [3], we present the motivation for further research and our work plans toward a demonstrator platform for near shore survey and demining. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.

Citation

Rooney, T., Pipe, A. G., Dogramadzi, S., & Pearson, M. (2012). Towards tactile sensing applied to underwater autonomous vehicles for near shore survey and de-mining. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 7429 LNAI, 463-464. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32527-4_60

Journal Article Type Conference Paper
Conference Name 13th Annual TAROS Conference and the 15th Annual FIRA RoboWorld Congress
Conference Location Bristol, UK
Publication Date Aug 20, 2012
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Print ISSN 0302-9743
Electronic ISSN 1611-3349
Publisher Springer Verlag
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 7429 LNAI
Pages 463-464
Book Title Advances in Autonomous Robotics
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32527-4_60
Keywords biomimetic, whisker,autonmous underwater vehicles (AUV)
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1436141
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32527-4_60
Additional Information Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : 13th Annual TAROS Conference and the 15th Annual FIRA RoboWorld Congress

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