Network enabled cooperation of autonomous vehicles: A communications perspective

Jose Pinto; Manuel Ribeiro; Stefania Giodini; Patrick L'Hoir; Alessandro Sartore; J. M. Giron-Sierra; Jose Braga; Joao Sousa

doi:10.1109/OCEANSE.2017.8084774

Network enabled cooperation of autonomous vehicles: A communications perspective

Jose Pinto, Manuel Ribeiro, Stefania Giodini, Patrick L'Hoir, Alessandro Sartore, J. M. Giron-Sierra, Jose Braga, Joao Sousa

Robotics & Autonomous Systems

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In this paper we present the NECSAVE system which allows the control of heterogeneous unmanned vehicles under challenging environments by a single human operator by providing it with the desired highlevel objectives. The described software stack takes care of decomposing the high-level objectives into assignable tasks and (re)distributing the workload among team members according to their announced capabilities and eventual failures. NECSAVE is robust to system failures by supporting decentralized planning and adapting allocation in face of platform losses. The system was validated in multiple field trials where NECSAVE was used for the coordination of heterogeneous vehicles under challenged communication environments, namely the sea using radio (at surface) and acoustic communications (underwater).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	OCEANS 2017 - Aberdeen
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509052783
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANSE.2017.8084774
Publication status	Published - 25 Oct 2017
Event	OCEANS 2017 - Aberdeen - Aberdeen, United Kingdom Duration: 19 Jun 2017 → 22 Jun 2017

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Name	OCEANS 2017 - Aberdeen
Volume	2017-October

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Conference	OCEANS 2017 - Aberdeen
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City	Aberdeen
Period	19/06/17 → 22/06/17

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Pinto, J., Ribeiro, M., Giodini, S., L'Hoir, P., Sartore, A., Giron-Sierra, J. M., Braga, J., & Sousa, J. (2017). Network enabled cooperation of autonomous vehicles: A communications perspective. In OCEANS 2017 - Aberdeen (pp. 1-6). (OCEANS 2017 - Aberdeen; Vol. 2017-October). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANSE.2017.8084774

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Network enabled cooperation of autonomous vehicles: A communications perspective. / Pinto, Jose; Ribeiro, Manuel; Giodini, Stefania et al.
OCEANS 2017 - Aberdeen. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. p. 1-6 (OCEANS 2017 - Aberdeen; Vol. 2017-October).

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