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Multi-Architecture Autonomy (MOOS-IvP and Neptune)
Research in marine autonomy has traditionally involved development around a single autonomy architecture. Even when an architecture is open and modular, modules are typically all integrated into a single architecture. In this joint project Seebyte, an approach is considered that couples two distinct and mature architectures into a single combined autonomy system that leverages the strengths of both singular architectures to produce a more complete and capable system. In the first phase, the two autonomy architectures, SeeByte's Neptune, and MIT's MOOSIvP, are combined via a shared interface to leverage SeeByte’s mission path-planning and exclusion zone capabilities along with the reactive path execution with obstacle and collision avoidance behaviors of MOOS-IvP. Results from simulation were replicated with on-water tests held on the Charles River in Cambridge MA during July 2021. The Neptune/IvP combined system was deployed on MIT’s autonomous Boston Whaler and used to perform a safe crossing in a busy and dynamic environment.
Status: | Ongoing since Sept 2019 |
Sponsor(s): | ONR Code 32 / SeeByte, Ltd |
People: | Mike Benjamin (PI), Mike DeFilippo, Conlan Cesar |
Robots: | https://oceanai.mit.edu/pavlab/philos |
Software: | MOOS-IvP public codebase, MOOS-IvP-Pavlab codebase |
Photos: | https://oceanai.mit.edu/media/Jul2721-MIT-NeptuneTests/album |
Recent Publications
2021 (1 item)
- Conlan Cesar, Benjamin Whetton, Michael DeFilippo, Michael Benjamin, Michael Sacarny, Scott Reed, Andrea Munafo, Coordinating Multiple Autonomies to Improve Mission Performance, OCEANS 2021 MTS/IEEE, October, 2021. (bibtex)
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