Beep boop (signed)! Underwater robots can speak sign language now

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Copyright: Kvasić et al, 2024.
Copyright: Kvasić et al, 2024.

Divers rely on sign-based communication to rely information underwater. Increasingly, underwater robots share this space with human divers, and communication between the two is important. Using a pre-existing set of common dive signs, a team of researchers tested a robot's ability to understand these signs at various distances and in varying water quality.

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Computer Networks
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Organisation/s: University of Auckland, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Funder: This research was funded by Office of Naval Research project Robot Aided Diver Navigation in Mapped Environments - ROADMAP under Grant Agreement No. N000142112274.
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