An Autonomous Surface-Aerial Marsupial Robotic Team for Riverine Environmental Monitoring: Benefiting from Coordinated Aerial, Underwater, and Surface Level Perception

Eduardo Pinto; Francisco Marques; Ricardo Mendonca; Andre Lourenco; Pedro Santana; Jose Barata

An Autonomous Surface-Aerial Marsupial Robotic Team for Riverine Environmental Monitoring: Benefiting from Coordinated Aerial, Underwater, and Surface Level Perception

Eduardo Pinto, Francisco Marques, Ricardo Mendonca, Andre Lourenco, Pedro Santana, Jose Barata

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Abstract

This paper presents RIVERWATCH, an autonomous surface-aerial marsupial robotic team for riverine environmental monitoring. The robotic system is composed of an Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) piggybacking a multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with vertical takeoff and landing capabilities. The ASV provides the team with long-range transportation in all-weather conditions, whereas the UAV assures an augmented perception of the environment. The coordinated aerial, underwater, and surface level perception allows the team to assess navigation cost from the near field to the far field, which is key for safe navigation and environmental monitoring data gathering. The robotic system is validated on a set of field trials.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, IEEE ROBIO 2014
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	443-450
Number of pages	8
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) - Bali, Indonesia Duration: 5 Dec 2014 → 10 Dec 2014

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Conference	2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)
Country/Territory	Indonesia
City	Bali
Period	5/12/14 → 10/12/14

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Pinto, E., Marques, F., Mendonca, R., Lourenco, A., Santana, P., & Barata, J. (2014). An Autonomous Surface-Aerial Marsupial Robotic Team for Riverine Environmental Monitoring: Benefiting from Coordinated Aerial, Underwater, and Surface Level Perception. In 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, IEEE ROBIO 2014 (pp. 443-450). Article 7090371 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Pinto, Eduardo ; Marques, Francisco ; Mendonca, Ricardo et al. / An Autonomous Surface-Aerial Marsupial Robotic Team for Riverine Environmental Monitoring : Benefiting from Coordinated Aerial, Underwater, and Surface Level Perception. 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, IEEE ROBIO 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014. pp. 443-450

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Pinto, E, Marques, F, Mendonca, R, Lourenco, A, Santana, P & Barata, J 2014, An Autonomous Surface-Aerial Marsupial Robotic Team for Riverine Environmental Monitoring: Benefiting from Coordinated Aerial, Underwater, and Surface Level Perception. in 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, IEEE ROBIO 2014., 7090371, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 443-450, 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), Bali, Indonesia, 5/12/14.

An Autonomous Surface-Aerial Marsupial Robotic Team for Riverine Environmental Monitoring: Benefiting from Coordinated Aerial, Underwater, and Surface Level Perception. / Pinto, Eduardo; Marques, Francisco; Mendonca, Ricardo et al.
2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, IEEE ROBIO 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014. p. 443-450 7090371.

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