Research on autonomous vehicles has been a key area of concern especially in the last two-three decades. Underwater vehicles took their share in such studies. In addition to single remotely-controlled and autonomous underwater vehicles, ongoing research deals with construction of coordinated missions to be performed by groups of such vehicles. In this study, which can be considered as a condensed review of the underwater robot swarms, we try to summarize the challenges and practical issues in this area. In addition, we try to illustrate the advantages of a swarm formation with a basic case study
YILDIZ, Ö., GÖKAL, R. B., YILMAZ, A. E. (2011). UNDERWATER ROBOT SWARMS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS. Uluslararası Teknolojik Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt: 3 - Sayı: 1, 37–50. https://ajindex.com/articles/847555
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