Adaptive Decentralized Control of Mobile Underwater Sensor Networks and Robots for Modeling Underwater Phenomena
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Author(s) • • • • • • •
Detweiler, Carrick
Banerjee, Sreeja
Jiang, Mingshun
Peri, Francesco
Chen, Robert F.
Chen, Robert
Doniec, Marek Wojciech
Rus, Daniela L
Date Issued
May 2014
Journal
Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks
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MDPI AG
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Detweiler, Carrick et al. "Adaptive Decentralized Control of Mobile Underwater Sensor Networks and Robots for Modeling Underwater Phenomena." Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks 3, 2 (May 2014): 113-149 © 2014 The Author(s)
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Abstract
Understanding the dynamics of bodies of water and their impact on the global environment requires sensing information over the full volume of water. In this article, we develop a gradient-based decentralized controller that dynamically adjusts the depth of a network of underwater sensors to optimize sensing for computing maximally detailed volumetric models. We prove that the controller converges to a local minimum and show how the controller can be extended to work with hybrid robot and sensor network systems. We implement the controller on an underwater sensor network with depth adjustment capabilities. Through simulations and in-situ experiments, we verify the functionality and performance of the system and algorithm. Keywords: depth adjustment; adaptive sensing; ocean; sensing; sensor network
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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https://doi.org/10.3390/jsan3020113