Long range path planning for an autonomous ground vehicle with minimal a-priori data is still very much an open problem. Previous research has demonstrated that least cost paths generated from aerial LIDAR and GIS data could play a role in automatically determining suitable routes over otherwise unknown terrain. However, most of this research has been theoretical. Consequently, there is very li...

Autonomous vehicles gains increasing importance in various growing application areas. The navigation, guidance and control of an autonomous vehicle is a highly complex task. Making a vehicle intelligent and able to operate unmanned requires extensive theoretical as well as practical knowledge. This paper focuses on designing and implementation of GPS based autonomous guided vehicle navigation, ...

This paper describes the experimental implementation of an online algorithm for cooperative localization of submerged autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) supported by an autonomous surface craft. Maintaining accurate localization of an AUV is difficult because electronic signals, such as GPS, are highly attenuated by water. The usual solution to the problem is to utilize expensive navigation ...