The Application of Bioinspired Sonar to Cable Tracking on the Seafloor

Clutter Removal in Sonar Image Target Tracking Using PHD Filter

In this paper we have presented a new procedure for sonar image target tracking using PHD filter besides K-means algorithm in high density clutter environment. We have presented K-means as data clustering technique in this paper to estimate the location of targets. Sonar images target tracking is a very good sample of high clutter environment. As can be seen, PHD filter because of its special f...

Biosonar-inspired technology

Bioinspired engineering based on biosonar systems in nature is reviewed and discussed in terms of the merits of different approaches and their results: biosonar systems are attractive technological paragons because of their capabilities, built-in task-specific knowledge, intelligent system integration and diversity. Insights from the diverse set of sensing tasks solved by bats are relevant to a...

An Embedded Compact PCI Computer System for a Synthetic Aperture Sonar Towfish

This paper describes the embedded computer system used in the towfish of the KiwiSAS-IV synthetic aperture sonar being developed by the Acoustics Research Group at the University of Canterbury. The sonar is designed for high-resolution seafloor imagery and bathymetry, requiring eighteen receiver channels to be simultaneously sampled and twenty four independent waveforms to be generated. The com...

Hierarchical spline technique application for real time 3D displaying of seafloor using multibeam sonar data

Dual Space Control of a Deployable Cable Driven Robot: Wave Based Approach

Known for their lower costs and numerous applications, cable robots are an attractive research field in robotic community. However, considering the fact that they require an accurate installation procedure and calibration routine, they have not yet found their true place in real-world applications. This paper aims to propose a new controller strategy that requires no meticulous calibration and ...