Use of multiple autonomous robots for practical applications has become more important over the years [1][2][3][4]. The potential for applications of collective robotics is high, in particular in the aerospace environment. SciSys has been involved in the development of Planetary Aerobots (funded by ESA) for use on Mars and has developed imagebased localisation technology as part of the activity. It is however possible to use the Aerobots in a different environment to investigate issues in regard with robotics behaviour such as data handling, communications, limited processing power, limited sensors, GNC, etc. This paper summarises the activity where Aerobot platform was used to investigate the use of multiple autonomous Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), basically simulating their movement and behaviour. The main purpose of the Multiple UUV Operations (MuOps) project within the BAUUV1 program was to identify and de-risk critical UUV components and raise the technology readiness level of the componentsrequired for the operation of multiple cooperative vehicles. This paper reports the computer simulations and the real-world tests and the lessons learnt from them.
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