Vision-Based Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Navigation in Poor Visibility Conditions Using a Model-Free Robust Control

Ricardo Pérez-Alcocer, L. Abril Torres-Méndez*, Ernesto Olguín-Díaz, A. Alejandro Maldonado-Ramírez

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Abstract

This paper presents a vision-based navigation system for an autonomous underwater vehicle in semistructured environments with poor visibility. In terrestrial and aerial applications, the use of visual systems mounted in robotic platforms as a control sensor feedback is commonplace. However, robotic vision-based tasks for underwater applications are still not widely considered as the images captured in this type of environments tend to be blurred and/or color depleted. To tackle this problem, we have adapted the l α β color space to identify features of interest in underwater images even in extreme visibility conditions. To guarantee the stability of the vehicle at all times, a model-free robust control is used. We have validated the performance of our visual navigation system in real environments showing the feasibility of our approach.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8594096
JournalJournal of Sensors
Volume2016
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes

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