Towards Fully Autonomous Ocean Observing: Coupling Heterogeneous Robotic Arrays with Data-assimilating Models and Autonomous Path Planning
David M Fratantoni1, Andrew Branch2, Yi Chao3, Francisco Chavez4, Steve Chien2, Selina Chu5, Evan Clark2, Brian Claus6, Zachary K Erickson7, John D Farrara1, Mar Flexas7, Brett Hobson8, James Kepper6, Brian Kieft4, James C Kinsey9, Andrew F Thompson7, Martina Troesch2, Yanwu Zhang8 and Warren Yuan7, (1)Remote Sensing Solutions, Inc., Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)Remote Sensing Solutions, Monrovia, CA, United States, (4)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States, (5)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Machine Learning and Instrument Autonomy, Pasadena, CA, United States, (6)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (7)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (8)MBARI, Moss Landing, CA, United States, (9)WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States
