Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are becoming more and more popular tools. Originally developed for the military and scientific communities, they are now proving their value to commercial industries, and particularly the oil and gas market. The oil and gas industry started using similar AUVs for survey missions in order to provide detailed mapping of a future oil field. Recent progress in AUV control systems demonstrated the value of AUVs for object identification and tracking, particularly for pipe tracking and surveying.
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