Marine Robotics and Applications

This  book reports on findings at the intersection between two related fields namely coastal hydrography and marine robotics. On one side it shows how the exploration of the ocean can be performed by autonomous underwater vehicles; on the other side it shows how some methods from hydrography can be implemented in the localization and navigation of such vehicles e.g. for target identification or path finding. Partially based on contributions presented at the conference Quantitative Monitoring of Underwater Environment MOQESM held on October 11-12 2016 Brest France this book includes carefully revised and extended chapters presented at the conference together with original papers not related to the event. All in all it provides readers with a snapshot of current methods for sonar track registration multi-vehicles control collective exploration of underwater environments optimization of propulsion systems among others. More than that the book is aimed as source of inspiration and tool to promote further discussions and collaboration between hydrographers robotic specialists and other related communities.