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Return to Antikythera : Multi-Session SLAM based AUV mapping of a first century BC wreck site

Williams, Stefan B. ; Pizarro, Oscar and Foley, Brendan LU (2016) In Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics 113. p.45-59
Abstract
This paper describes an expedition to map a first century B.C. ship wreck off the coast of the Greek island of Antikythera using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) equipped with a high-resolution stereo imaging system. The wreck, first discovered in 1900, has yielded a wealth of important historical artefacts from two previous interventions, including the renowned Antikythera mechanism. The deployments described in this paper aimed to map the current state of the wreck site prior to further excavation. Over the course of 10 days of operation, the AUV completed multiple dives over the main wreck site and other nearby targets of interest. This paper describes the motivation for returning to the wreck and producing a detailed map, gives... (More)
This paper describes an expedition to map a first century B.C. ship wreck off the coast of the Greek island of Antikythera using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) equipped with a high-resolution stereo imaging system. The wreck, first discovered in 1900, has yielded a wealth of important historical artefacts from two previous interventions, including the renowned Antikythera mechanism. The deployments described in this paper aimed to map the current state of the wreck site prior to further excavation. Over the course of 10 days of operation, the AUV completed multiple dives over the main wreck site and other nearby targets of interest. This paper describes the motivation for returning to the wreck and producing a detailed map, gives an overview of the techniques used for multi-session Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM) to stitch data from two dives into a single, composite map of the site and presents preliminary results of the mapping exercise. (Less)
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Antikythera shipwreck, autonomous underwater vehicle, marine robotics, SLAM, Simultaneous Localization And Mapping, archaeology, shipwreck, ancient Greece
host publication
Field and Service Robotics : Results of the 10th International Conference - Results of the 10th International Conference
series title
Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics
editor
Wettergreen, David S. and Barfoot, Timothy D.
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113
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45 - 59
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Springer
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  • scopus:84961256604
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1610-7438
ISBN
978-3-319-27702-8
978-3-319-27700-4
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10.1007/978-3-319-27702-8_4
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Return to the Antikythera Shipwreck
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English
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  author       = {{Williams, Stefan B. and Pizarro, Oscar and Foley, Brendan}},
  booktitle    = {{Field and Service Robotics : Results of the 10th International Conference}},
  editor       = {{Wettergreen, David S. and Barfoot, Timothy D.}},
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  issn         = {{1610-7438}},
  keywords     = {{Antikythera shipwreck; autonomous underwater vehicle; marine robotics; SLAM; Simultaneous Localization And Mapping; archaeology; shipwreck; ancient Greece}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{45--59}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics}},
  title        = {{Return to Antikythera : Multi-Session SLAM based AUV mapping of a first century BC wreck site}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27702-8_4}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-319-27702-8_4}},
  volume       = {{113}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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