Scope
Recently, Marine Robotics has grown from nascent navigation and control algorithms for underwater and surface vehicles, to powered autonomous underwater vehicles routinely able to dive beyond 6000 meters. We have seen underwater gliders cross the Atlantic Ocean and unmanned surface platforms (Wave Gliders) cross the Pacific.
Marine Robotics as a field is set up to make a major contribution to understanding large scale societal problems. Emerging marine robotic developments will afford scientists advanced tools to explore and exploit the oceans at an unprecedented scale, in a sustainable manner. The Marine Robotics Technical Committee fosters research in these areas and seeks to bring this research to the forefront of the broader robotics community.
Priority research areas
- Actuation and Sensing Systems
- Communication
- Manipulation
- Interaction
- Guidance, Navigation and Control
- Mission Control Systems
- Localization
- Multi-Vehicle Coordination
- Networked Vehicles
- Outreach and Engagement
- Grand Challenges
- Planning
- Persistent Monitoring
News
- Join the Marine Robotics TC Facebook Group or Google Group to connect with members and for recent updates on member activities.
- 2016 Marine Robotics Research Summer School at Harvey Mudd College
- ICRA 2016 Workshop on Long-Term Autonomy: The Challenges of! Building “Power-On-and-Go” Systems
- IROS 2015 Workshop on Bioinspired Underwater Robotics
- IROS 2015 Workshop on On-line Decision-Making in Multi-Robot Coordination
- ICRA 2015 Workshop on Persistent Autonomy for Aquatic Robotics: the Role of Control and Learning in Single and Multi-Robot Systems
- RSS 2014 Workshop on Autonomous Control, Adaptation, and Learning for Underwater Vehicles
- RSS 2014 Workshop on Robotic Environmental Monitoring
- RSS 2013 Workshop on Robots for Environmental Monitoring
- IROS 2012 Workshop on Robotics for Environmental Monitoring
- ICRA 2012 Workshop on Robotic Satellite Servicing