Intelligent Risk-Based Under-Ice Altitude Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are effective platforms for mapping and monitoring under the sea ice. However, under-ice operations impose demanding requirements to the system, as it must deal with uncertain and unstructured environments, harsh environmental conditions and reduced capabilities of the navigational sensors. This paper proposes a method for intelligent risk-based under-ice altitude control for AUVs. Firstly, an altitude...