@inproceedings{a58bf0d11c55417fb31795535d0e9711,
title = "An experimental testbed for multi-robot tracking of manifolds and coherent structures in flows",
abstract = "In this paper, we describe the development of an experimental testbed capable of producing controllable ocean-like flows in a laboratory setting. The objective is to develop a testbed to evaluate multi-robot strategies for tracking manifolds and Lagrangian coherent structures (LCS) in the ocean. Recent theoretical results have shown that LCS coincide with minimum energy and minimum time optimal paths for autonomous vehicles in the ocean. Furthermore, knowledge of these structures enables the prediction and estimation of the underlying fluid dynamics. The testbed is a scaled flow tank capable of generating complex and controlled quasi-2D flow fields that exhibit wind-driven doublegyre flows. Particle image velocimetry (PIV) is used to extract the 2D surface velocities and the data is then processed to verify the existence of manifolds and Lagrangian coherent structures in the flow. The velocity data is then used to evaluate our previously proposed multi-robot LCS tracking strategy in simulation.",
author = "Matthew Michini and Kenneth Mallory and Dennis Larkin and Hsieh, {M. Ani} and Eric Forgoston and Yecko, {Philip A.}",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1115/DSCC2013-3745",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780791856130",
series = "ASME 2013 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC 2013",
publisher = "American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)",
booktitle = "Control, Monitoring, and Energy Harvesting of Vibratory Systems; Cooperative and Networked Control; Delay Systems; Dynamical Modeling and Diagnostics in Biomedical Systems;",
note = "ASME 2013 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC 2013 ; Conference date: 21-10-2013 Through 23-10-2013",
}