The use of robots in marine and underwater applications is growing rapidly. These applications share the common requirement of modeling the environment and estimating the robots' pose. Although there are several mapping, SLAM, target detection and localization methods, marine and underwater environments have several challenging characteristics, such as poor visibility, water currents, communication issues, sonar inaccuracies or unstructured environments, that have to be considered. The purpose of this Special Issue is to present the current research trends in the topics of underwater localization, mapping, SLAM, and target detection and localization. To this end, we have collected seven articles from leading researchers in the field, and present the different approaches and methods currently being investigated to improve the performance of underwater robots


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    Localization, Mapping and SLAM in Marine and Underwater Environments

    Burguera, Antoni ;Bonin-Font, Francisco | GWLB - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek | 2022

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    Scan matching SLAM in underwater environments

    Mallios, A. | British Library Online Contents | 2014


    Underwater SLAM in man-made structured environments

    Ribas, D. / Ridao, P. / Tardos, J. D. et al. | British Library Online Contents | 2008


    Tree-SLAM: Localization and Mapping in Dense Forest Environments for Autonomous Vehicles

    Heupel, Christian / Wolf, Patrick / Berns, Karsten | Springer Verlag | 2024


    6D SLAM-3D mapping outdoor environments

    Nuchter, A. / Lingemann, K. / Hertzberg, J. et al. | British Library Online Contents | 2007