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    • A reinforcement learning path planning approach for range-only underwater target localization with autonomous vehicles 

      Masmitjà Rusiñol, Ivan; Martín Muñoz, Mario; Katija, Kakani; Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus; Navarro Bernabé, Joan (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022)
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      Underwater target localization using range-only and single-beacon (ROSB) techniques with autonomous vehicles has been used recently to improve the limitations of more complex methods, such as long baseline and ultra-short ...
    • Accuracy and precision studies for range-only underwater target tracking in shallow waters 

      Masmitjà Rusiñol, Ivan; Bouvet, Pierre-Jean; Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus; Aguzzi, Jacopo; Río Fernández, Joaquín del; Toma, Daniel (2017)
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      This paper studies the precision, and the accuracy, of an underwater target tracking system, using range-only and single-beacon methods, in shallow waters environments. For this study, different field tests have been ...
    • Acoustic tag tracking: first experiments 

      Masmitjà Rusiñol, Ivan; Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus; Río Fernández, Joaquín del; Kieft, B.; O'Reilly, Thomas; Aguzzi, Jacopo; Bouvet, P.J. (SARTI, 2018)
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      Nowadays, the use of autonomous vehicles for ocean research has increased, since these vehicles have a better cost/performance ratio than crewed vessels or oceanographic ships. For example, autonomous surface vehicles can ...
    • Acoustic TAG tracking: First experiments 

      Masmitjà Rusiñol, Ivan; Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus; Río Fernández, Joaquín del; Kieft, B; O’Reilly, T; Aguzzi, Jacopo; Bouvet, Pierre-Jean (Centro de Desarrollo Tecnológico de Sistemas de Adquisición Remota y Tratamiento de la Información (SARTI), 2018)
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      Nowadays, the use of autonomous vehicles for ocean research has increased, since these vehicles have a better cost/performance ratio than crewed vessels or oceanographic ships. For example, autonomous surface vehicles ...
    • Acoustic tracking of Nephrops norvegicus by networked moored hydrophones in a deep-sea no-take reserve of the North Western Mediterranean Sea 

      Masmitjà Rusiñol, Ivan; Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus; Río Fernández, Joaquín del; Navarro, Joan; Vigo Fernandez, Maria; Aguzzi, Jacopo; Bahamón Rivera, Nixon; García del Arco, José Antonio; Rotllant Estelrich, Guiomar; Company Claret, Joan Baptista (2020-12-01)
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      Knowing the displacement capacity and mobility patterns of fished marine resources is pivotal to establish effective conservation management strategies in marine ecosystems. Accurate behavioral information of deep-sea ...
    • Acoustic tracking of nephrops norvegicus by networked moored hydrophones in a deep-sea no-take reserve of the North Western Mediterranean Sea 

      Masmitjà Rusiñol, Ivan; Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus; Río Fernández, Joaquín del; Navarro, Joan; Vigo Fernandez, Maria; Aguzzi, Jacopo; Bahamón Rivera, Nixon; García, José Antonio; Rotllant Estelrich, Guiomar; Company Claret, Joan Baptista (2020-11-18)
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      Knowing the displacement capacity and mobility patterns of fished marine resources is pivotal to establish effective conservation management strategies in marine ecosystems. Accurate behavioral information of deep-sea ...
    • An autonomous vehicle development for submarine observation 

      Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus; Prat Tasias, Jordi; Solé Rovira, Juan; Gayà Suñer, Pedro Francisco (2009-08-01)
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      En este proyecto se desarrolla un vehículo de observación oceánica de bajo coste, híbrido entre los Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) y los Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV), esto es, que se traslada por la superficie ...
    • An integrated biogeochemistry observation system at Besòs estuary 

      Toma, Daniel; Artero Delgado, Carola; Martínez Padró, Enoc; Cadena Muñoz, Francisco Javier; Nogueras Cervera, Marc; Carandell Widmer, Matias; Río Fernández, Joaquín del; Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus (2021)
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      Estuaries are coastal indentations where freshwater mixes with seawater (Pritchard 1967), and are found everywhere in the world. Moreover, the estuarine ecosystems are usually characterized by high biological productivity ...
    • An integrated biogeochemistry observation system at Besòs estuary 

      Toma, Daniel; Artero Delgado, Carola; Martínez Padró, Enoc; Cadena Muñoz, Francisco Javier; Nogueras Cervera, Marc; Carandell Widmer, Matias; Río Fernández, Joaquín del; Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus (SARTI, 2021)
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      Estuaries are coastal indentations where freshwater mixes with seawater (Pritchard 1967), and are found everywhere in the world. Moreover, the estuarine ecosystems are usually characterized by high biological productivity ...
    • An interoperable architecture for in situ ocean noise monitoring 

      Martínez Padró, Enoc; Masmitjà Rusiñol, Ivan; Garcia Benadí, Albert; Toma, Daniel; Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus; Río Fernández, Joaquín del (2021)
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      Anthropogenic noise in the oceans has been significantly raising in the past decades due to an increment of human activities, adversely affecting the marine habitat. In order to assess and limit this impact, the long -term ...
    • Analysis and initial design of bidirectional acoustic tag modulation schemes and communication protocol 

      Corregidor, Daniel; Masmitjà Rusiñol, Ivan; López Navarro, Juan Manuel; Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus; Navarro, Joan; De Arcas Castro, Guillermo (2021)
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      Acoustic underwater tags are key devices to study marine animals and obtain information regarding their behaviour. This information is essential to increase our knowledge of oceanic species and implement efficient conservation ...
    • Area-only method for underwater tagged animals tracking usign autonomous vehicles 

      Masmitjà Rusiñol, Ivan; Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus; Río Fernández, Joaquín del; Kieft, B; O'Reilly, Thomas C.; Aguzzi, Jacopo; Bouvet, Pierre-Jean; Fannjiang, Clara; Katija, Kakani (2019)
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      The use of autonomous underwater vehicles for ocean research has increased as they have a better cost/performance ratio than crewed oceanographic vessels. For example, autonomous vehicles (e.g. a Wave Glider) can be used ...
    • Autonomous Underwater Vehicle control 

      Vidal Morató, Jordi; Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus; Manuel Lázaro, Antonio (SARTI (Technological Development Centre of Remote Acquisition and Data processing Systems. Technical University of Catalonia (UPC)., 2005-10-01)
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      In this paper the system control design stages for an autonomous underwater vehicle are presented. The vehicle must be able to sail on sea surface, following a path without losing its route and once a position is reached, ...
    • Autonomous vehicle development for vertical submarine observation 

      Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus; Prat Tasias, Jordi; Arbós, Alejandro; Pallares, O.; Viñolo, Carlos (SARTI (Technological Development Centre of Remote Acquisition and Data processing Systems), 2010-03-10)
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      This work proposes the development of an ocean observation vehicle. This vehicle, a hybrid between Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) and Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) moves on the surface of the sea and makes ...
    • Autonomous vehicle development for vertical submarine observation 

      Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus; Prat Tasias, Jordi; Arbós, Alejandro; Viñolo Monzoncillo, Carlos; Pallares, Oriol (2009-11-19)
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      This work proposes the development of an ocean observation vehicle. This vehicle, a hybrid between Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) and Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) moves on the surface of the sea and makes ...
    • Autonomous vehicle development for vertical submarine observation 

      Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus; Prat Tasias, Jordi; Arbós, Alejandro; Viñolo Monzoncillo, Carlos; Pallares, Oriol (2009-10-01)
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      This work proposes the development of an ocean observation vehicle. This vehicle, a hybrid between Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) and Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) moves on the surface of the sea and makes ...
    • AUV based multi-vehicle collaboration: Salinity studies in Mar Menor coastal lagoon 

      Lopez, F; González Agudelo, Julián; Masmitjà Rusiñol, Ivan; Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus; Molino Minero, Erik; Río Fernández, Joaquín del; Manuel Lázaro, Antonio; Busquets, J; Guerrero, A; Martins, R; Sousa, A; Pinto, J.; Calado, P; Sousa, J; Ridao Rodríguez, Pere; Candela, C; Carrera, A; Ribas, D; Carreras, M; Borrajo, D; Gilabert, J; Rajan, R; McCann, M; Gonzalez, I; Torres, S; Olaya, A; Garau, B (2012)
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      An experiment with different AUVs was carried out in the Mar Menor Coastal Lagoon from October 31 to November 5 in order to measure and assess the influence of the water from the Mar Menor on the adjacent area of the ...
    • AUV-2011-Underwater robotics experiment in the mar menor coastal lagoon 

      Gilabert, Javier; Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus; Molino Minero, Erik; Río Fernández, Joaquín del; Manuel Lázaro, Antonio; Carreras, Marc; Ridau, Pere; Sousa, Joao; Martins, Ricardo; Borrajo, Daniel; Olaya, Angel; Garau Pujol, Bartolomé; Gonzalez, Ignacio; Busquets, Javier (SARTI, 2011)
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    • AUV-2011-Underwater robotics experiment in the Mar Menor coastal lagoon 

      Rajan, Kanna; García-Córdova, Francisco; Guerrero, Antonio; Busquets, Javier; González, Ignacio; Garau, Bartolomé; Olaya, Angel; Borrajo, Daniel; Martins, Ricardo; Gilabert, Javier; Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus; Molino Minero, Erik; Río Fernández, Joaquín del; Manuel Lázaro, Antonio; Carreras, Marc; Ridau, Pere; Sousa, Joao (2011)
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      As a result of the meeting held at SARTI in November 2010 (http://sites2.upc.edu/~www-sarti/web/cat/meeting/meeting.php) we are planning to conducta n AUVs experiment in order to determine the influence domain of the ...
    • Ballast system for Guanay II AUV 

      González Agudelo, Julián; Masmitjà Rusiñol, Ivan; Gomáriz Castro, Spartacus (Antoni Mànuel, 2013-12-01)
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