Demonstration of Autonomous Nested Search for Local Maxima Using an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
Andrew Branch,James McMahon,Guangyu Xu,Michael V. Jakuba,Christopher R. German,Steve Chien,James C. Kinsey,Andrew D. Bowen,Kevin P. Hand,Jeffrey S. Seewald,Andrew Branch,James McMahon,Guangyu Xu,Michael V. Jakuba,Christopher R. German,Steve Chien,James C. Kinsey,Andrew D. Bowen,Kevin P. Hand,Jeffrey S. Seewald
Ocean Worlds represent one of the best chances for extra-terrestrial life in our solar system. A new mission concept must be developed to explore these oceans. This mission would require traversing the 10s of km thick icy shell and releasing a submersible into the ocean below. During the transit of the icy shell and the exploration of the ocean, the vehicle(s) would be out of contact with Earth fo...
