Development of a Structural-Functional Approach for Heterogeneous Glider-Type Marine Robotic Complexes’ Group Interaction to Solve Environmental Monitoring and Patrolling Problems

Glider-type autonomous underwater vehicles are today one of the most promising areas marine robotics. This is confirmed by frequent and remarkable results various research missions projects. The cumulative group application no less innovative wave gliders can significantly reduce time obtaining oceanographic data. Together with gliders, such robotic objects increase efficiency, volume There big interest in increasing functionality a group. article presents possible alternatives to waveguide hang gliders. We present process upgrading existing design, control algorithms software SHADOW glider, which was developed teams St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University (SMTU) Okeanos JSC order jointly study monitoring potentially dangerous Fire Service EMERCOM Russia. A structural-functional approach waveguides also proposed, capable providing oceanographic, meteorological environmental data online, based on multilayer system for planning trajectories movement objects. full-scale sea trials demonstrated.