Reed, B., and F. Hover, "Tracking Ocean Fronts with Multiple Vehicles and Mixed Communication Losses", Submitted to IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2013. (Abstract, PDF)

Gilbertson, E., and F. Hover, "A Describing Function for a Quantized Hold-Input Binary Erasure Channel", Submitted to IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2013. (Abstract, PDF)

Cheung, M. and F. Hover, "Autonomous Mobile Acoustic Relay Positioning as a Multi-Armed Bandit with Switching Costs", Submitted to IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2013. (Abstract, PDF)

Refereed Conference and Journal Publications

Englot, B. and F. Hover, "3D Coverage Planning for an Underwater Inspection Robot," International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR). (Abstract, PDF)

Gilbertson, E., Reed, B., Leighton, J., Cheung, M. and F. Hover, "Experiments in Dynamic Control of Autonomous Marine Vehicles Using Acoustic Modems", Submitted to IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2013, to appear. (Abstract, PDF)

Cheung, M., Leighton, J. and F. Hover, "Multi-armed Bandit Formulation for Autonomous Mobile Acoustic Relay Adaptive Positioning", Submitted to IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2013, to appear. (Full Text, PDF)

Taylor, J. and F. Hover, "Conic AC Transmission System Planning," Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on , vol.28, no.2, pp.952, 959, May 2013. (Link to Full Text at IEEE Xplore)

Reed, B., Stojanovic, M., Mitra, U. and F. Hover, "Robust Minimum Energy Wireless Routing for Underwater Acoustic Communication Networks," IEEE Globecom 2012 Workshop on Wireless Networking and Control for Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles: Architectures, Protocols and Applications (Wi-UAV), 2012. (Full Text, PDF)

E. Gilbertson and F. Hover, "AC Transmission Planning with Realistic Model Components," IEEE PES International Conference on Power Systems Technology (POWERCON), Auckland, New Zealand October 30 - November 2, 2012. (Full Text, PDF)

Hover, F., R. Eustice, A. Kim, B. Englot, H. Johannsson, M. Kaess, and J. Leonard, "Advanced Perception, Navigation and Planning for Autonomous In-Water Ship Hull Inspection," International Journal of Robotics Research, Special Issue on 3D Exploration, Mapping, and Surveillance, 31.12 (2012): 1445-1464.. (Full Text, PDF)

Englot, B. and F. Hover, "Sampling-Based Sweep Planning to Exploit Local Planarity in the Inspection of Complex 3D Structures," IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Vilamoura, Portugal, October 2012. (Link to Full Text at IEEE Xplore, PDF)

Gilbertson, E., F. Hover, and B. Freeman, "Sharp Phase Change in Shape Memory Alloy Thermal Actuators for Subsea Flow Control," 31st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Artctic Engineering (OMAE), Rio De Janeiro, July 2012. (Full text, PDF)

Englot, B. and F. Hover, "Sampling-Based Coverage Path Planning for Inspection of Complex Structures," International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS), Sao Paulo, June 2012. (Link to Full Text Article at AAAI Archive)

Hollinger, G.A., B. Englot, F. Hover, U. Mitra, and G.S. Sukhatme, "Uncertainty-Driven View Planning for Underwater Surface Inspection," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), St. Paul, MN, May 2012. (Link to Full Text Article at USC RESL Website)

Taylor, J. and F. Hover, "Convex Models of Distribution System Reconfiguration," IEEE Trans. Power Systems, 27 (3), 1407-1413, 2012. (Link to Full Text at IEEE Xplore, PDF)

Hover F., R. Hummel, U. Mitra, and G. Sukhatme, "One-step-ahead Kinematic Compressive Sensing," IEEE GLOBECOM, Wi-AUV 2011. (Full Text, PDF)

Taylor, J. and F. Hover, "Laplacians for Flow Networks," SIAM J. Discrete Math., 25 (3), 1349-1364, 2011. (Full Text, PDF)

Englot, B. and F. Hover, "Planning Complex Inspection Tasks Using Redundant Roadmaps," 15th International Symposium of Robotics Research (ISRR), Flagstaff, AZ, August 2011. (Full Text, PDF)

Taylor, J. and F. Hover, "Conic Relaxations for Transmission System Planning," North American Power Symposium, Boston, MA, August 2011. (Full Text, PDF)

Hover, F., "Degree Design of Coupled Infrastructures," Int. Journal of Critical Infrastructures, 7 (2), 141-162, 2011. (Full Text, PDF)

Taylor, J. and F. Hover, "Linear Relaxations for Transmission System Planning," IEEE Trans. Power Systems, 26 (4), 2533-2538, 2011. (Full Text, PDF)

Greytak, M. and F. Hover, "A Single Differential Equation for First-Excursion Time in a Class of Linear Systems," ASME J. Dyn. Sys. Meas. Control, 133 (6), 2011. (Full Text, PDF)

Gilbertson, E., F. Hover, J. Arellano, and B. Freeman, "Design of a Thermally-Actuated Gas Lift Safety Valve," ASME International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Artic Engineering (OMAE), Rotterdam, June 2011. (Full Text, PDF)

Taylor, J. and F. Hover, "Lift-and-Project Relaxations of AC Microgrid Distribution System Planning," Grand Challenges in Modeling and Simulation (GCMS), The Hague, June 2011. (Full Text, PDF)

Englot, B. and F. Hover, "Multi-Goal Feasible Path Planning Using Ant Colony Optimization," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Shanghai, May 2011. (Full Text, PDF)

Hummel, R., S. Poduri, F. Hover, U. Mitra, and G. Sukhatme, "Mission Design for Compressive Sensing with Mobile Robots", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Shanghai, May 2011. (Full Text, PDF)

Reed, B., C. Ambler, J. Guerrero, and F. Hover, "Vertical Glider Robots for Subsea Equipment Delivery," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Shanghai, May 2011. (Full Text, PDF)

Kumar, N., A. Lammert, B. Englot, F. Hover, and S. Narayanan, "Directional Descriptors Using Zernike Moment Phases for Object Orientation Estimation in Underwater Sonar Images," International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Prague, May 2011. (Link to Full Text Article at USC SAIL Website)

Hummel, R., J. Taylor, and F. Hover, "Numerical Optimization of Generative Network Parameters," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Vancouver, November 2010. (Full Text, PDF)

Englot, B. and F. Hover, "Inspection Planning for Sensor Coverage of 3D Marine Structures," IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Taipei, October 2010. (Full Text, PDF)

Johannsson, H., M. Kaess, B. Englot, F. Hover, and J. Leonard, "Imaging Sonar-Aided Navigation for Autonomous Underwater Harbor Surveillance," IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Taipei, October 2010. (Full Text, PDF)

Taylor, J. and F. Hover, "Numerical Optimization of Generative Network Parameters," Grand Challenges in Modeling and Simulation (GCMS), Ottawa, Canada, July 2010. (Full Text, PDF)

Gilbertson, E., F. Hover, and E. Colina, "Failure Mode and Sensitivity Analysis of Gas Lift Valves," 29th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore, and Arctic Engineering (OMAE), Shanghai, June 2010. (Full Text, PDF)

Greytak, M. and F. Hover, “Motion Planning with an Analytic Risk Cost for Holonomic Vehicles,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Shanghai, December 2009. (Full Text, PDF)

Hover, F., “Integrated Path Planning with Data Assimilation,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), St. Louis, MO, October 2009. (Full Text, PDF)

Englot, B. and F. Hover, "Stability and Robustness Analysis Tools for Marine Robot Localization and SLAM Applications," IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), St. Louis, MO, October 2009. (Full Text, PDF)

Bandyopadhyay, T., L. Sarcione, and F. Hover, “A Simple Reactive Obstacle Avoidance Algorithm and its Application in Singapore Harbor,” Field and Service Robotics (FSR), Cambridge, MA, July 2009. (Full Text, PDF)

Taylor, J. and F. Hover. "Economical simulation in particle filtering using interpolation," IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation (ICIA), Zhuhai, Macau, June 2009. (Link to IEEE Xplore for Full Text - Subscription Required)

Greytak, M. and F. Hover, "Planning to Learn: Integrating Model Learning into a Trajectory Planner for Mobile Robots," IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation (ICIA), Zhuhai, Macau, June 2009. (Full Text, PDF)

Greytak, M. and F. Hover, "Analytic Error Variance Predictions for Planar Vehicles," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Kobe, May 2009. (Full Text, PDF)

Greytak, M. and F. Hover, "Underactuated Point Stabilization Using Predictive Models with Application to Marine Vehicles," IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Nice, September 2008. (Full Text, PDF)

Hover, F., “Stability of Double-Integrator Plants Controlled Using Real-Time SLAM Maps,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Pasadena, CA, May 2008. (Full Text, PDF)

Hover, F., "Dynamic Optimization with Legendre Chaos," Automatica 44 (1), 135-140, January 2008. (Full Text, PDF)

Hover, F., and M.S. Triantafyllou, "Application of Polynomial Chaos in Stability and Control," Automatica 46, 789-795, May 2006. (Full Text, PDF)

Other Published Papers

Tan, A.C.H., and F. Hover, "Thrust and Wake Characterization in Small, Robust Ultrasonic Thrusters," IEEE OCEANS, Seattle, September 2010. (Full Text, PDF)

Khan, R., T. Taher, and F. Hover, "Accurate Geo-Referencing Method for AUVs for Oceanographic Sampling," IEEE OCEANS, Seattle, September 2010. (Full Text, PDF)

Kaess, M., H. Johannsson, B. Englot, F. Hover, and J. Leonard, "Towards Autonomous Ship Hull Inspection Using the Bluefin HAUV," Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Technology and the Mine Problem (MINWARA), May 2010. (Full Text, PDF)

Tan, A.C.H., and F. Hover, "Correlating the ultrasonic thrust force with acoustic streaming velocity," in Proc. IEEE Int. Ultrasonics Symp., Rome, September 2009. (Full Text, PDF)

Taylor, J. and F. Hover, “Efficient Sequential Monte Carlo Using Interpolation,” MIT DSpace, August 2009. (Link to MIT DSpace)

Greytak, M. and F. Hover, "Robust Motion Planning for Marine Vehicle Navigation," International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE), 2008. (Slides, PDF) (Full Text, PDF)

Taylor, J., F. Hover, and A. Ouroua. Uncertainty analysis of large-scale power systems using collocation. Grand Challenges in Modeling and Simulation (GCMS), Edinburgh, Scotland, June 2008. (Full Text, PDF)

Taylor, J. and F. Hover. High dimensional stochastic simulation and electric ship models. In IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, pages 402-407, June 2007. (Link to IEEE Xplore for Full Text - Subscription Required)

Theses

Joshua Leighton, System Design of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Marine Environmental Sensing, Masters Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. (Full Text, PDF)

Robert Hummel, Infrastructure for Large-Scale Tests in Marine Autonomy, Masters Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. (Full Text, PDF)

Brooks Reed, Multiple-Vehicle Resource-Constrained Navigation in the Deep Ocean, Masters Thesis, Massaschusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. (Full Text, PDF)

Joshua Taylor, Conic Optimization of Electric Power Systems, PhD Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. (Full Text, PDF)

Eric Gilbertson, Gas Lift Valve Failure Mode Analysis and the Design of a Thermally-Actuated Positive-Locking Safety Valve, Masters Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. (Full Text, PDF)

Lynn Sarcione, Minimizing Current Effects on Autonomous Surface Craft Operations in Singapore Harbor, Masters Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. (Full Text, PDF)

Charles Ambler, Design of an Underwater Vertical Glider for Subsea Equipment Delivery, Masters Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. (Full Text, PDF)

Matthew Greytak, Integrated Motion Planning and Model Learning for Mobile Robots with Application to Marine Vehicles, PhD Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. (Full Text, PDF)

Kyle Schwing, The Flux Measure of Influence in Engineering Networks, Masters Thesis, Massachusetts Institue of Technology, 2009. (Full Text, PDF)

Brendan Englot, Stability and Robustness Analysis Tools for Marine Robot Localization and Mapping Applications, Masters Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. (Full Text, PDF)

Lauren Cooney, Dynamic Response and Maneuvering Strategies of a Hybrid Autonomous Underwater Vehicle in Hovering, Masters Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. (Full Text, PDF)

Daniel Walker, XAUV: Modular High Maneuverability Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Masters Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. (Full Text, PDF)

Joshua Taylor, Uncertainty Analysis of Power Systems Using Collocation, Masters Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. (Full Text, PDF)

Harish Mukundan, Vortex-Induced Vibration of Marine Risers: Motion and Force Reconstruction from Field and Experimental Data, PhD Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. (Link to MIT DSpace)

Michael Kokko, Range-Based Navigation of AUVs Operating Near Ship Hulls, Masters Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. (Full Text, PDF)

Presentations and Other Materials

"Autonomous Robot Scans Ship Hulls for Mines," MIT News, July 17, 2012. (Link to MIT News Website for Full Text)

B. Englot and F. Hover, Sampling-Based Coverage Path Planning for Inspection of Complex Structures, Presentation at the 22nd International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS), Sao Paulo, June 2012. (Link to ICAPS Website for Full Text)

B. Englot, Sampling-Based Coverage Path Planning for Complex 3D Structures, Doctoral Thesis Defense, Presented to the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, June 2012. (Full Text, PDF)

B. Englot and F. Hover, Planning Complex Inspection Tasks Using Redundant Roadmaps, Presentation at the 15th International Symposium of Robotics Research (ISRR), Flagstaff, AZ, August 2011. (Full Text, PDF)

J. Taylor, Conic Optimization of Electric Power Systems, Doctoral Thesis Defense, Presented to MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, April 2011. (Full Text, PDF)

F. Hover, In-Water Ship Hull Inspection with Smart Underwater Robots, Presentation to Oxford Universtiy and ETH Zurich, March 2011. (Full Text, PDF)

F. Hover and J. Vaganay, List of ships on which the Bluefin-MIT Hovering Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (HAUV) has operated. (Full Text, PDF)

"Mosquitoes Vanish With Zapping Wand," The Straits Times, September 18, 2010. (Newspaper Article, PDF)

F. Hover and H. Chin, MIT Open Courseware Materials for Subject 2.017, Design of Electromechanical Robotic Systems, Fall 2009. (Link to OCW 2.017 Website)

F. Hover and M. Triantafyllou, Lecture Notes for MIT Subject 2.017, System Design for Uncertainty, revised 2009. (Full Text, PDF)

F. Hover, Worked Problems for MIT Subject 2.017, System Design for Uncertainty, revised 2009. (Full Text, PDF)

F. Hover, Continuous-Time Adaptive Sampling and Forecast Assimilation for Autonomous Vehicles, Presentation given to WHOI Department of Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, 22 October 2008 (Full Text, PDF)

J. Taylor and F. Hover, Collocation: Multi-Dimensional Numerical Integration and Interpolation in Matlab, MATLAB Toolbox (Source code, ZIP)

M. Triantafyllou and F. Hover, Lecture Notes for MIT Subject 13.49, Maneuvering and Control of Marine Vehicles, revised 2003. (Full Text, PDF)

Historical Photoessay of CETUS Prototype Development at MIT Sea Grant, 1996, J. A. Curcio and F. S. Hover. (PDF Document)