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| Aberdeen University - Aberdeen, U.K. |
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Ocean Lab. |
Autonomous landers, Acoustics |
Monty Priede |
AUDOS
Publications
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| Alfred-Wegner Institute (AWI) - Bremerhafen, Germany |
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Deepsea research |
Autonomous landers |
Hjalmar Thiel |
AUV payload modules
Publications
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| Autonomous Undersea Systems Institute (AUSI) - New Hampshire, U.S.A. |
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Marine Systems Engineering Laboratory (MSEL) |
Environmental monitoring, Generic behaviors, Control |
D. Richard Blidberg,
Roy M. Turner,
Elise H. Turner |
ORCA,
other vehicles,
Publications
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| Australian National University - Canberra, Australia |
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System Engineering |
Individual and swarm style AUVs |
Uwe R. Zimmer
see full team listing (Serafina)
see full team listing (KAMBARA) |
Serafina project (school of small AUVs)
KAMBARA project (full payload AUV)
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| Bluefin Robotics Corp. - Cambridge, U.S.A. |
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Bluefin Robotics |
Autonomous underwater vehicles |
contact
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Odyssey I,
Odyssey II B
Odyssey III
Seaquirt |
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| C & C Technologies - Lafayette, U.S.A. |
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C & C Technologies |
Autonomous underwater vehicles survey services |
contact
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C - Surveyor I AUV,
C - Surveyor II AUV |
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| Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Instituto Automazione Navale (CNR-IAN) - Genova, Italy |
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Robo Lab. |
Control, Navigation, Localization, Manipulation |
Gianmarco Veruggio |
AMADEUS
ROMEO
ARAMIS
Publications
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| Cornell University - Ithaca, U.S.A. |
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Cornell University Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team |
Submersible for the annual AUVSI competition |
Cornell AUV team |
Autonomous submarine |
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| Cranfield University - Cranfield , U.K. |
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Offshore Technology Centre |
Underwater imaging, AUVs |
Steve Tetlow |
Hammerhead |
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| CSIRO - Brisbane, Australia |
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Robotics & Automation |
Vision, Visual servoing, Large scale real-world systems, Flying and diving vehicles |
Peter Corke |
Autonomous submarine |
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| Cybernetics - Marseille, France |
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Offshore Department |
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for intervention and survey, Hybrid AUV/ROV |
Peter Weiss |
ALIVE (AUV)
SWIMMER (AUV/ROV) |
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| Technical University of Denmark - Lyngby, Denmark |
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Department of Automation |
Sonar for underwater inspection |
Morten Lind |
Martin
Publications
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| Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) - Lisboa, Portugal |
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Dynamical Systems and Ocean Robotics Laboratory (DSOR) |
Installations, Long range missions, Exploration, Control |
António Pascoal |
Caravela
Maurius
Sirene
Publications
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| Defence Science and Technology Department (DSTO) - Melbourne, Australia |
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Maritime Platforms Division |
Underwater warefare |
info |
Wayamba |
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| Duke University - Durham, U.S.A. |
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Duke Robotics |
Submersible for the annual AUVSI competition |
Duke AUV team |
Charybdis |
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| ECA - Toulon, France |
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Civil Robotics |
Large scale autonomous underwater vehicles |
Dominique Mallet |
ALISTAR3000 |
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| University of Florida - Florida, U.S.A. |
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Machine Intelligence Laboratory |
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for competitions |
Antonio Arroyo,
Michael Nechyba,
Eric Schwartz
Scott Kanowitz |
SubjuGator |
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| Florida Atlantic University - Florida, U.S.A. |
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Advanced Marine Systems Laboratory |
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Sam Smith,
Stan Dunn,
Edgar An,
Ganesan |
Ocean Explorer (II)
Bottom Classification / Albedo Package
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| Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) - Florida, U.S.A. |
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Underwater Technologies Laboratory |
Investigation-, Surveyor-, Harvester-, Analyzer-, & Crawler-Autonomous underwater vehicles |
Stephen L. Wood,
Eric Thosteson,
Hector Gutierrez,
Ken Ports,
Dr. Rufus Cofer,
David Clay |
Under ice AUV
Surf zone AUV
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| Hafmynd ltd. - Reykjavik, Iceland |
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GAVIA system |
Autonomous underwater vehicle |
Torfi Thorhallsson |
AUV Base Unit |
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| Harbour Branch Oceonographic Institution - Florida, U.S.A. |
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Ocean Engineering & Production |
Autonomous underwater vehicle |
Jerry W. Neely |
Ocean Voyager |
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| University of Hawaii - Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. |
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Autonomous Systems Lab. |
Navigation, Search, Recognition |
Junku Yuh |
Omni-Directional Intelligent Navigator (ODIN)
Projects & Publications
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| Heriot-Watt University - Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K. |
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Ocean Systems Lab. |
(Most vehicles operated remotely), Vision, Sonar, Manipulation, Simulation, Acoustic, electromagnetic and optical communication, Positioning, Navigation, Sampling |
Robin Dunbar,
David Lane,
Ron McHugh,
Manuel Trucco |
Vehicles,
Publications
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| Hydroid - E. Falmouth, MA, U.S.A. |
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Hydroid |
A small, light weight, commercial AUV |
Info contact |
Remus |
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| Hyland Underwater Vehicles - Ontario, Canada |
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Hyland Underwater Vehicles |
A simple, small, proof-of-concept AUV |
Info contact |
MicroSeeker |
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| French Institute of Research and Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER) - Toulon, France |
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Data Processing Systems |
Control and navigation, Control architectures |
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VORTEX |
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| International Submarine Engineering Research (ISER) - Port Coquitlam, Vancouver, Canada |
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International Submarine Engineering Research (ISER) |
Cable laying, Autonomy, Communications |
James Ferguson |
ARCS,
Dolphin,
Theseus,
Aurora |
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| JAMSTEC - Yokosuka, Japan |
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Marine Technology Department |
Long distance inertial navigation |
Taro Aoki |
Long distance AUV |
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| KDD - Tokyo, Japan |
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Marine Lab. |
Vision, Cable tracking, Communications |
Kenichi Asakawa |
Venus,
Cable finder,
Aqua Explorer 2,
Aqua Explorer 1000 |
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| KISS Institute for Practical Robotics (KIPR) - Reston, VA, U.S.A. |
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KISS Institute for Practical Robotics (KIPR) |
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David P. Miller |
DRIP |
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| Univeristy of Louisiana - Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.A. |
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Apparel Computer Integrated Manufacturing Center |
Autonomous vehicle for underwater exploration |
Ramesh Kolluru |
Phantom-S2 |
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| MARIDAN - Hørsholm, Denmark |
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ATLAS MARIDAN ApS |
Design and manufacturing of autonomous underwater vehicles |
info |
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| MIT - Cambridge, MA, U.S.A. |
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AUV Lab at MIT Sea Grant |
Small, high performance vehicles, Non acoustic sensors, Energy management, Docking, Adaptive sampling, Multiple vehicle operations, Coastal modeling, Object mapping, Under-ice, Autonomous ocean sampling |
Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis,
James G. Bellingham |
Odyssey IIb,
CETUS,
Altex
AOSN MURI: Real-time oceanography with autonomous ocean sampling networks,
Publications
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Project ORCA |
Submersible for the annual AUVSI competition |
The ORCA team |
ORCA IV |
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| Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) - Monterey, California, U.S.A. |
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Underwater Robotics |
|
Jim Bellingham |
Dorado
Publications
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| Naval Oceanographic Office - John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, U.S.A. |
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Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Program |
Autonmous Underwater Vehicle |
Info |
Seahorse |
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| Naval Postgraduate School - Monterey, California, U.S.A. |
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Center for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Research |
Shallow waters applications |
Anthony J. Healey |
PHOENIX
Publications
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| National Research Council (NRC) of Canada- St. John's, Canada |
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Institute for Marine Dynamics |
Canadian Self-Contained Off-the-shelf Underwater Testbed |
Info |
C-SCOUT |
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| Memorial Univeristy of Newfoundland - St. John's, Canada |
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Ocean Engineering Research Centre (OERC) |
Canadian Self-Contained Off-the-shelf Underwater Testbed |
Info |
C-SCOUT |
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| NUI AS (Norwegian Underwater Intervention) - Bergen, Norway |
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NUI AS (Norwegian Underwater Intervention) |
Route and area surveys, Search, Logging |
Terje Vedeler |
HUGIN |
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| University of Plymouth - Plymouth , U.K. |
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Marine and Industrial Dynamic Analysis Research Group (MIDAS) |
Underwater imaging, AUVs |
Robert Sutton,
John Chudley |
Hammerhead
(Publications) |
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| University of Porto - Porto, Portugal |
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Faculty of Engineering:
Laboratório de Sistemas e Tecnologia Subaquática (LSTS) |
Autonomous and remote vehicles, Control |
Fernando Manuel F. Lobo Pereira
... see complete staff list |
ISURUS
PISCIS
ROV
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| Princeton University - Princeton, U.S.A. |
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Dynamical Control Systems Laboratory |
Coordinated control (multiple AUVs), Glider coordination and control |
Naomi Leonard
Ralf Bachmayer
Luc Moreau
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Coordinated control
Glider
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| Université du Québec - École de technologie supérieure - Québec, Canada |
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S.O.N.I.A. |
Open frame autonomous vehicles, Competitions |
Jean-Pierre Marcotte,
... see complete staff list |
S.O.N.I.A. |
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| Russian Academy of Sciences, Far East Branch - Russia |
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Institute of Marine Technology Problem |
Autonomous unmanned underwater vehicles (since 1974)
Solar power vehicles |
Mikhail D. Ageev
A.F. Shcherbatyuk
A.V. Inzartsev
N.I. Rylov |
SAUV
see complete list of vehicles |
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| Sias/Patterson Inc. - Gloucester Point, Virginia, U.S.A. |
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Sias/Patterson Inc. |
Autonmous Underwater Vehicle |
Info |
Fetch2 |
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| Simon Fraser University - Burnaby, BC, Canada |
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Underwater Research Lab. |
Underwater acoustics, Light-seeking AUVs, Autonomous sampling |
John S. Bird |
PURLII, PURL,
Pavilion Lake project
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| Southampton Oceanography Centre - Southampton, U.K. |
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Ocean Technology Devision |
Autonomous sampling, Longrange missions |
Nick Millard |
Autosub,
Publications
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| University of Southampton - Highfield, Southampton, U.K. |
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Image, Speech and Intelligent Systems research group |
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Chris J. Harris,
David Mills |
Neptune |
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| University of South Florida - St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A. |
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Center for Ocean Technology |
Sensors (optical, chemical, accustical) Seafloor classification |
Thomas Hopkins |
Bottom Classification / Albedo Package |
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| Stanford Univeristy - Stanford, California, U.S.A. |
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Aerospace Robotics Laboratory (ARL) |
Dynamics, Control, High-level command-interface, Autonomy |
Robert H. Cannon jr. |
OTTER,
Publications
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| STN - Atlas Elektronik- Germany |
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DeepC |
Marine engineering, Power management |
Willi Hornfeld |
DeepC System |
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| University of Sydney- Australia |
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Australian Centre for Field Robotics |
Position and attitude estimation, Control |
Hugh Durrant-Whyte,
Julio Rosenblatt |
Oberon |
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| Texas AMU University - Texas, U.S.A. |
|
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Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Lab. |
|
Glen N. Williams |
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| Tokai University - Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan |
|
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Kato (Underwater Robotics) Lab. |
Control, Docking, Cable inspection |
Naomi Kato |
Aqua Explorer 2,
Aqua Explorer 1000 |
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| University of Tokyo - Tokyo, Japan |
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Ura Lab |
Autonomy, Learning, Long-range operations, Gliding vehicles |
Tamaki Ura,
Yoshiaki Nose |
R1 (long-range autonomous operation),
ALBAC,
Twin-Burgers,
Manta-Ceresia
Publications
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| Uppsala University - Uppsala, Sweden |
|
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Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Group |
Planning, Mission management |
Jonas Barklund |
[project terminated] |
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| Virginia Tech (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) - Blacksburg , VA, U.S.A. |
|
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Autonomous Systems and Controls Laboratory |
Small autonomous submersibles |
Daniel J. Stilwell |
Virginia Tech Miniature Autonomous Underwater Vehicle |
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| University of Washington - Seattle, WA, U.S.A. |
|
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Seaglider Fabrication Centre (SFC) |
Ocean glider vehicles for industrial and scientific applications |
Fritz Stahr |
Seaglider
Projects
Publications
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| University of Western Australia - Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
|
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Mobile Robot Laboratory |
AUV for underwater competitions, Vision, Sonar, Simulation |
Thomas Bräunl |
Mako |
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| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) - Woods Hole, MA, U.S.A. |
|
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Deep Submergence Lab. |
Long-term seafloor monitoring, all kinds of marine operations |
Robert Ballard |
Autonomous Benthic Explorer,
Jason/Medea
and ARGO-II
Sea Grant,
Publications
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