Coordinated control of aerial and aquatic vehicles for bathymetric survey in shallow waters

Applications with small unmanned vehicles have grown remarkably in recent years. Along with this, the interest and the need to carry out tasks using several of these vehicles has gained relevance. This paper presents the use of a formation based on the cluster space control technique between an unmanned surface vehicle and an aerial vehicle, with the aim of monitoring river basins. The different perception of the environment that each vehicle has and the ability to transport different sensors are fundamental characteristics for this type of application. Results are presented both in a simulation environment and in a real application with unmanned vehicles belonging to the research groups.