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Optima Localization by Vehicle Formations Imitating the Nelder-Mead Simplex Algorithm

Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer

Autonomous Robots (intl. journal), accepted for publication, to appear 2009
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Scale-Adaptive Polygonal Formations of Submersible Vehicles and Tracking Isocontours

Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer

Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems (IROS), September, 22-26, 2008, Nice, France
Abstract | Paper (pdf)

 

Acoustical Methods for Azimuth, Range and Heading Estimation in Underwater Swarms

Navinda Kottege & Uwe R. Zimmer

Proceedings of Acoustics '08, Palais des Congrès, Paris, France, 29 June-4 July 2008
Abstract | Paper (pdf)

 

Simplex Formations of Autonomous Vehicles and Adaptive Sampling Strategies

Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer

Proceedings of TAROS (Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems) '07, Aberystwyth, September 2007
Abstract | Paper (pdf)

 

Adaptive Iso-Altitude Tracking and Terrain Reconstruction by Submarine Vehicle Formations

Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer

submitted to ACRA '07
Abstract

 

Scale-Adaptive Polygonal Formations of Submersible Vehicles and Tracking Terrain Isocontours

Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer

submitted to ICRA '07
Abstract

 

Tracking Environmental Isoclines using Polygonal Formations of Submersible Autonomous Vehicles

Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Field and Service Robotics (FSR) '07 Chamonix, France
Abstract | Paper (pdf)

 

Pruning Local Schedules for Efficient Swarm Communication

Felix Schill & Uwe R. Zimmer

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Underwater Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 2007
Abstract | Paper (pdf)

 

Relative Localization for AUV swarms

Navinda Kottege & Uwe R. Zimmer

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Underwater Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 2007
Abstract | Paper (pdf)

 

Motion Planning for Small Formations of Autonomous Vehicles Navigating on Gradient Fields

Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Underwater Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 2007
Abstract | Paper (pdf)

 

Distributed Shape Control of Homogeneous Swarms of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer

Autonomous Robots (intl. journal) 2006
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Distributed Dynamical Omnicast Routing

Felix Schill & Uwe R. Zimmer

Complex Systems (intl. journal) Volume 16, Issue 4, 2006
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MLS-based, Distributed Bearing, Range, and Posture Estimation for Schools of Submersibles

Navinda Kottege & Uwe R. Zimmer

10th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER) '06, Rio de Janeiro, July 6-10, 2006
Abstract | Paper (pdf)

 

Acoustical Localization in Schools of Submersibles

Navinda Kottege & Uwe R. Zimmer

OCEANS '06, Singapore, May 16-19, 2006
Abstract | Paper (pdf)

 

Effective Communication in Schools of Submersibles

Felix Schill & Uwe R. Zimmer

OCEANS '06, Singapore, May 16-19, 2006
Abstract | Paper (pdf)

 

A Formation Control Approach to Adaptation of Contour-Shaped Robotic Formations

Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer

Proceedings of the IROS '06 (IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems), Beijing, China, October 9-15, 2006
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Uncertainty Principles for Signal Concentrations

Ram Somaraju & Leif Hanlen

submitted to 2006 Australian Communications Theory Workshop, Perth

 

Electromagnetic Wave Propagation and the Permittivity of Seawater

Ram Somaraju & Jochen Trumpf

submitted to IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat.

 

Control of Contour-Shaped Robotic Formations with Constraints

Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer

submitted for publication
Abstract

   

Control of Open Contour Formations of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, Dec. '05
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Control of Contour Formations of Autonomous Vehicles by General Curve Evolution Theory

Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer

ACRA (Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation),
December 5-7, 2006, Sydney, Australia
Abstract | Paper (pdf)

 

Contour Shaped Robotic Formations for Isocline Adaptation

Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer

TAROS (Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems) intl. conference, September 12-14, 2005, London
Abstract | Paper (pdf)

 

Towards Optimal TDMA Scheduling for Robotic Swarm Communication

Felix Schill, Uwe R. Zimmer & Jochen Trumpf

TAROS (Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems) intl. conference, September 12-14, 2005, London
Abstract | Paper (pdf)

 

Real-time Modelling of Complex Dynamical Systems

Christfried Webers & Uwe R. Zimmer

TAROS (Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems) intl. conference, September 12-14, 2005, London
Abstract | Paper (pdf)

 

Visible Spectrum Optical Communication and Distance Sensing for Underwater Applications

Felix Schill, Uwe R. Zimmer & Jochen Trumpf

Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, December 6-8, 2004, Canberra, Australia
Abstract | Paper (pdf)

 

Contour Shaped Formation Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Using Canonical Shape Descriptors and Deformable Models

Shahab Kalantar & Uwe R. Zimmer

OCEANS 2004 - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Marine Technology and Ocean Science, Kobe, Japan
Abstract | Paper (pdf)

 

Robust asynchronous temporal event mapping

Felix Schill & Uwe R. Zimmer

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2002, Lausanne
Abstract | Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.gz)

 

Motion Control of Mobile Robots - from static targets to fast drives in moving crowds

Christfried Webers & Uwe R. Zimmer

Autonomous Robots, Vol. 12, No. 3, 2002
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Preliminary Experiments in Visual Servo Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Chanop Silpa-Anan, Thomas Brinsmead, Samer Abdallah, and Alex Zelinsky

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Maui, Hawaii, October/November 2001

Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.gz)

 

Development of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle towards Visual Servo Control

Chanop Silpa-Anan, Samer Abdallah, and David Wettergreen

Autralian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA 2000), pages 105-110, Melbourne, Australia, August 2000

Paper (pdf) | Paper (ps.gz)

 

Q-Learning in Continuous State and Action Spaces

Chris Gaskett, Davd Wettergreen, and Alex Zelinsky

12th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence © Springer-Verlag, (Springer-Verlag, Sydney, Australia, December 1999)

Paper (pdf)

 

Autonomous Control and Guidance for an Underwater Robotic Vehicle

Davd Wettergreen, Chris Gaskett, and Alex Zelinsky

International Conference on Field and Service Robotics (FSR'99), (Pittsburgh, USA, September 1999)

Paper (pdf)

 

Reinforcement Learning for a Visually-Guided Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Davd Wettergreen, Chris Gaskett, and Alex Zelinsky

International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersibles Technology (UUST'99), (Durham, New Hampshire, USA, August 1999)

Paper (pdf)

 

Reinforcement Learning applied to the control of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Chris Gaskett, Davd Wettergreen and Alex Zelinsky

Australian Conference on Robotics and Automation, (Brisbane, Australia, March 1999)

Paper (pdf)

 

Development of a Visually-Guided Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Davd Wettergreen, Chris Gaskett, and Alex Zelinsky

OCEANS '98, (IEEE, Nice, France, September 1998)

Paper (pdf)