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To provide highly precise position information for the navigation of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) in a large area, we are developing a new underwater positioning system based on sensor networks. In this system, we set many standard stations on the sea surface and use a sound global positioning system (GPS). To lower the cost of nodes and simplify signal processing, we have proposed a new method based on sound propagation loss (SPL).This study describes a new information integration method to solve two problems: (1) the transmission path of the sound may be blocked by some obstacle; (2) the underwater nodes may get broken.
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Fu B, Zhang F, Ito M, et al (2009) Development of a new positioning system for underwater robot based on sensor network. Artif Life Robotics 14:43–47
Fu B, Zhang F, Ito M, et al (2009) Development of a new underwater positioning system based on sensor network. Artif Life Robotics 13:45–49
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This work was presented in part and was awarded the Young Author Award at the 15th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Oita, Japan, February 4–6, 2010
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Fu, B., Zhang, H., Lian, L. et al. The water-tank test of a novel underwater positioning system based on sensor networks. Artif Life Robotics 15, 53–57 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-010-0765-z
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-010-0765-z