Successful final GREX sea trials (November 2009)
The GREX project reached the final important milestone in early November 2009 when a series of successful sea trials took place at the Atlantic coast around the Portuguese city of Sesimbra. The main objective of the trials was to verify the concepts developed for the simultaneous operation of two AUVs and two catamarans, which relied on inter-vehicle communication to perform totally autonomous a series of coordination tasks as cooperative path following, go to formation manoeuvres and cooperative line of sight target following. These achievements represent an important final project goal for the GREX consortium.
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