Mesobot: An Autonomous Underwater Vehicle For Tracking And Sampling Midwater Targets

Dana Yoerger1, John A Breier Jr2, Molly Curran1, Justin Fujii1, Christopher R German1, Daniel Gomez-Ibanez1, Annette Govindarajan1, Brett Hobson3, Jonathan Howland1, Kakani Katija4, Joel Llopiz1, Clifford Pontbriand1, Michael Risi3, Bruce H Robison3, Stephen Rock5 and Peter H Wiebe1, (1)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (2)University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, United States, (3)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States, (4)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, Monterrey, CA, United States, (5)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States