The WAM-V Remote Explorer a.k.a. REx

REx is an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV), made by Marine Advanced Robotics in California. REx is a Wave Adaptive Modular Vehicle (WAM-V). The MIT vehicle arrived in 2014 as part of the 2014 Robot-X competition in Singapore. It continues to be used for development of sensing and autonomy algorithms and software.

XSize:	25 feet
Sensors:	Radar, Lidar, Camera, GPS, IMU
Top Speed:	10 meters / sec
Propulsion:	Two Torqedo electric motors
Software:	Sensor System ROS, Autonomy System MOOS-IvP
RExIV USV Photos:	https://oceanai.mit.edu/media/RExUSV/album
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Papers

2019 (5 items)

Michael DeFilippo, Paul Robinette, Michael Sacarny, and Michael R Benjamin, The Remote Explorer IV: An Autonomous Vessel for Oceanographic Research, OCEANS 2019 MTS/IEEE, IEEE, Marseille, France, June, 2019. (bibtex)
Paul Robinette, Michael Sacarny, Michael DeFilippo, Michael Novitzky, Michael R. Benjamin, Marine Perception Datasets: a Work in Progress, Proceedings of the Workshop Dataset Generation and Benchmarking of SLAM Algorithms for Robotics and VR/AR at the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, IEEE, Montreal, Canada, May, 2019. (bibtex)
Paul Robinette, Michael Sacarny, Michael DeFilippo, Michael Novitzky, Michael R. Benjamin, Dealing With the Novelty of Robots: observations of Interactions with an Autonomous Surface Vehicle on a Recreational Waterway, Proceedings of the Workshop Dangerous HRI: Testing Real-World Robots has Real-World Consequences ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, ACM/IEEE, Daegu, South Korea, March, 2019. (bibtex)
Paul Robinette, Michael Sacarny, Michael DeFilippo, Michael Novitzky, Michael R. Benjamin, Sensor Evaluation for Autonomous Surface Vehicles in Inland Waterways, OCEANS 2019 MTS/IEEE, June, 2019. (bibtex)
Paul Robinette, Michael Sacarny, Michael Novitzky, Michael R. Benjamin, Michael DeFilippo, Robot Vessels Versus Centuries of Maritime Tradition: How Should Robots React to Authorities and Emergencies on the Water?, Proceedings of the Workshop The Dark Side of Human-Robot Interaction: Ethical Considerations and Community Guidelines for the Field of HRI ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, ACM/IEEE, Daegu, South Korea, March, 2019. (bibtex)

2016 (1 item)

Arthur Anderson, Erin Fischell, Thom Howe, Tom Miller, Arturo Parrales-Salinas, Nick Rypkema, David Barrett, Michael Benjamin, Alex Brennen, Michael DeFillipo, John J. Leonard, Liam Paull, Henrik Schmidt, Nick Wang, Alon Yaari, An Overview of MIT-Olin's Approach in the AUVSI RobotX Competition, 61--80, Springer International Publishing, Edited by David S. Wettergreen and Timothy D. Barfoot, 2016. (bibtex)

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