9. Coordinated Control of Platoons of AUVs

Abstract

The use of several AUVs to achieve fulfillment of a task might be of benefit in several situations: explorations of areas, de-mining [74], as in un the first Gulf’s war, or interaction with the environment in which the team of AUVs may, e.g., push an object that one single AUV would not have the power to move. In Figure 1.6, a possible scenario of mine countermeasure using a platoon of AUVs under study at the SACLANT Undersea Research Center of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is given.