Cooperative Autonomous Aquatic Vehicles: Mathematics and Robotics

DYNAR Collaboration, CGU CGU/Engineering/Mathematics, 2010-11

Liaison(s): Rachel Levy (HMC), Allon Percus (CGU)
Advisor(s): Susan Martonosi
Students(s): Jennifer Flenner (CGU-F), Matthew Keeter, Dan Moore, Ryan Muller (PM), Eric Nieters

The Dynamic Networks for Aquatic Robots (DYNAR) research group is developing algorithms for autonomous submarines to cooperatively search an aquatic region. The clinic team has implemented multiple randomized search algorithms for three-dimensional bounded environments and tested them in simulation. In an aquatic testbed, the team has improved computer-to-submarine communication and created software for tracking the motion of submarines. The search algorithms have been implemented in the testbed to compare data from the physical environment with theoretical results from the simulations.