Alone and Unafraid: Extending Autonomous Chemical Reconnaissance into Hazardous Subsea Environments

Richard Camilli1, Zachary Duguid2, Benjamin Ayton2,3, Albert M. Bradley4, Tiago Vaquero5, Oscar Pizarro6,7, Aggelos Mallios4, Brian Williams2 and Eric Timmons3,8, (1)Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (2)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cambridge, MA, United States, (3)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Applied Ocean Sciences and Engineering, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (4)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (5)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Cambridge, MA, United States, (6)ACFR, University Of Sydney, Australia, (7)University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, (8)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Cambridge, MA, United States