Large-Scale Underwater 3D Mapping with a Stereo Pair of Imaging Sonars
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+We are excited to share that a paper telling the complete story of our lab's work with dense 3D underwater mapping using a stereo pair of (orthogonally oriented) imaging sonars has been published in the IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering (a preprint of the paper is available on arXiv). This work,
+led by John McConnell, was demonstrated via field experiments conducted at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in VA (pictured above, alongside a sonar-derived 3D map of the structures visible in the photo), Penn's Landing in Philadelphia, PA, and SUNY Maritime College in Bronx, NY, and builds on our earlier papers published at IROS 2020 (McConnell, Martin and Englot) and ICRA 2021 (McConnell and Englot).
+ The custom-instrumented BlueROV underwater robot used in this work, and its mapping capabilities, were recently highlighted in a both a video filmed by ASME, and in a Stevens news article.
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