PeRL STUDIES AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION & MAPPING FOR MOBILE ROBOTS IN A PRIORI UNKNOWN ENVIRONMENTS.
RMS Titanic Redux
Ongoing research towards the SLAM problem (Simultaneous Localization And Mapping) has helped to map the wreck of the RMS Titanic.
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Automated Inspection
A new ship hull analysis project is just getting underway with the goal of automating ship hull inspection for the US Navy using an AUV.
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The Perceptual Robotics Laboratory (PeRL) at the University of Michigan studies problems related to autonomous navigation and mapping for mobile robots in a priori unknown environments with a directed focus on computer vision techniques for perceptual sensing. More...
What's New
We've completed the design and development of our multi-AUV SLAM testbed, which consists of two modified Iver2 AUVs. PeRL upgraded the vehicles with additional navigation and perceptual sensors, including 12-bit stereo downlooking Prosilica cameras, a Teledyne RDI 600 kHz Explorer DVL for 3-axis bottom-lock velocity measurements, a KVH single-axis FOG for yaw rate, and a WHOI Micro-modem for communication, along with other sensor packages. More...
Photo Gallery
Here are some pictures from current projects and past research expeditions!
