A special issue of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine
In the last decade, the marked progress in marine technologies and robotics has led to massive improvements of a new and very active area of applied research: Marine Robotics. The state of the art and some achievements in this area are particularly new. This special issue, organized by the Marine Robotics Technical Committee of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, is intended to address recent advances, related works and future research directions.
Recent advances in sensors, computers, communications, and information systems have provided a solid background for a rapid development of sophisticated technologies in Marine Robotics, yielding to new advanced underwater operations to be carried on. At this stage of development, we are starting to see innovative researches, ranging from installations of underwater data networks to vehicles for autonomous manipulation, to replace many underwater intervention tasks that are today still performed using manned submersibles or Remotely Operated Vehicles in tele-operation mode. Papers of this special issue will be focused on the following main topics:
To submit a paper, go here
| Important dates | |
|---|---|
| Call for papers | March 11, 2009 |
| Deadline for paper submission | June 01, 2009 |
| First review | October 01, 2009 |
| Final review | November 15, 2009 |
| Publication | March 2010 |

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