Virtual Tethered Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Real-Time Underwater Internet of Things.

Toshihiro Maki

Yang Weng Sehwa Chun Yuki Sekimori Hiroki Yokohata Takumi Matsuda Joni Pajarinen Toshihiro Maki Virtual Tethered Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Real-Time Underwater Internet of Things. 2026 april15 15858-15867 13 IEEE Internet Things J. 8 https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2026.3658091 db/journals/iotj/iotj13.html#WengCSYMPM26 streams/journals/iotj

Yita Wang Chen Chen Yicheng Chen Jinjie Li Yuichi Motegi Kenji Ohkuma Toshihiro Maki Moju Zhao Design, Modeling and Direction Control of a Wire-Driven Robotic Fish Based on a 2-DoF Crank-Slider Mechanism. 2026 March abs/2603.02851 CoRR https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2603.02851 db/journals/corr/corr2603.html#abs-2603-02851 streams/journals/corr

Sehwa Chun Hiroki Yokohata Kenji Ohkuma Shouhei Ito Shinichiro Hirabayashi Toshihiro Maki Tracking Mooring Lines of Floating Structures by an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. 4589-4608 2025 December 42 J. Field Robotics 8 https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.70076 db/journals/jfr/jfr42.html#ChunYOIHM25a streams/journals/jfr

Sehwa Chun Hiroki Yokohata Kenji Ohkuma Shouhei Ito Shinichiro Hirabayashi Toshihiro Maki Cover Image, Volume 42, Number 8, December 2025. i 2025 December 42 J. Field Robotics 8 https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.70115 db/journals/jfr/jfr42.html#ChunYOIHM25 streams/journals/jfr

Yukiyasu Noguchi Yuki Sekimori Toshihiro Maki Guidance method of underwater vehicle for rugged seafloor observation in close proximity. 314-326 2024 March 41 J. Field Robotics 2 https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.22267 db/journals/jfr/jfr41.html#NoguchiSM24

Yang Weng Sehwa Chun Masaki Ohashi Takumi Matsuda Yuki Sekimori Joni Pajarinen Jan Peters 0001 Toshihiro Maki Autonomous underwater vehicle link alignment control in unknown environments using reinforcement learning. 1724-1743 2024 September 41 J. Field Robotics 6 https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.22348 db/journals/jfr/jfr41.html#WengCOMSPPM24 streams/journals/jfr

Takumi Matsuda Yang Weng Yuki Sekimori Takashi Sakamaki Toshihiro Maki One-Way-Signal-Based Localization Method of Multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Distributed Ocean Surveys. 190-200 2024 February 36 J. Robotics Mechatronics 1 https://doi.org/10.20965/jrm.2024.p0190 db/journals/jrm/jrm36.html#MatsudaWSSM24

Marie Angelyn Mercado Yuki Sekimori Amane Toriyama Masaki Ohashi Sehwa Chun Toshihiro Maki Photogrammetry-Based Photic Seafloor Surveying and Analysis with Low-Cost Autonomous Underwater and Surface Vehicles. 1507-1515 2024 36 J. Robotics Mechatronics 6 https://doi.org/10.20965/jrm.2024.p1507 db/journals/jrm/jrm36.html#MercadoSTOCM24 streams/journals/jrm

Sehwa Chun Chihaya Kawamura Kenji Ohkuma Toshihiro Maki 3D Detection and Tracking of a Moving Object by an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle With a Multibeam Imaging Sonar: Toward Continuous Observation of Marine Life. 3037-3044 2024 9 IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett. 4 https://doi.org/10.1109/lra.2024.3364470 db/journals/ral/ral9.html#ChunKOM24

Takumi Matsuda Kenichi Fujita Yuya Hamamatsu Takashi Sakamaki Toshihiro Maki Parent-child-based navigation method of multiple autonomous underwater vehicles for an underwater self-completed survey. 89-106 2022 39 J. Field Robotics 2 https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.22038 db/journals/jfr/jfr39.html#MatsudaFHSM22

Hirokazu Yamagata Shuma Kochii Hiroshi Yoshida Yoshifumi Nogi Toshihiro Maki Development of AUV MONACA - Hover-Capable Platform for Detailed Observation Under Ice -. 1223-1233 2021 33 J. Robotics Mechatronics 6 https://doi.org/10.20965/jrm.2021.p1223 db/journals/jrm/jrm33.html#YamagataKYNM21

Takumi Matsuda Toshihiro Maki Takashi Sakamaki Accurate and Efficient Seafloor Observations With Multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles: Theory and Experiments in a Hydrothermal Vent Field. 2333-2339 2019 4 IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett. 3 https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2019.2902744 db/journals/ral/ral4.html#MatsudaMS19

Takumi Matsuda Toshihiro Maki Kotohiro Masuda Takashi Sakamaki Resident autonomous underwater vehicle: Underwater system for prolonged and continuous monitoring based at a seafloor station. 2019 120 Robotics Auton. Syst. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2019.07.001 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q127495162 db/journals/ras/ras120.html#MatsudaMMS19

Takumi Matsuda Toshihiro Maki Yoshiki Sato Takashi Sakamaki Tamaki Ura Alternating landmark navigation of multiple AUVs for wide seafloor survey: Field experiment and performance verification. 359-395 2018 35 J. Field Robotics 3 https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.21742 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q125575082 db/journals/jfr/jfr35.html#MatsudaMSSU18

Toshihiro Maki Yoshiki Sato Takumi Matsuda Kotohiro Masuda Takashi Sakamaki Docking Method for Hovering-Type AUVs Based on Acoustic and Optical Landmarks. 55-64 2018 30 J. Robotics Mechatronics 1 https://doi.org/10.20965/jrm.2018.p0055 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q130209315 db/journals/jrm/jrm30.html#MakiSMMS18

Toshihiro Maki Yukiyasu Noguchi Yoshinori Kuranaga Kotohiro Masuda Takashi Sakamaki Marc Humblet Yasuo Furushima Low-Altitude and High-Speed Terrain Tracking Method for Lightweight AUVs. 971-979 2018 30 J. Robotics Mechatronics 6 https://doi.org/10.20965/jrm.2018.p0971 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q128710739 db/journals/jrm/jrm30.html#MakiNKMSHF18

Ayaka Kume Toshihiro Maki Takashi Sakamaki Tamaki Ura A Method for Obtaining High-Coverage 3D Images of Rough Seafloor Using AUV - Real-Time Quality Evaluation and Path-Planning -. 364-374 2013 25 J. Robotics Mechatronics 2 https://doi.org/10.20965/jrm.2013.p0364 db/journals/jrm/jrm25.html#KumeMSU13

Takumi Matsuda Toshihiro Maki Takashi Sakamaki Tamaki Ura Primary experimental results of the navigation method of multiple autonomous underwater vehicles. 2650-2657 2013 IROS https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2013.6696730 conf/iros/2013 db/conf/iros/iros2013.html#MatsudaMSU13 Hayato Kondo Toshihiro Maki Tamaki Ura Yoshiaki Nose Takashi Sakamaki Masaaki Inaishi Relative navigation of an AUV using a light-section ranging system. 425-430 2004 ICARCV https://doi.org/10.1109/ICARCV.2004.1468863 conf/icarcv/2004 db/conf/icarcv/icarcv2004.html#KondoMUNSI04 Hayato Kondo Toshihiro Maki Tamaki Ura Yoshiaki Nose Takashi Sakamaki Masaaki Inaishi Relative navigation of an autonomous underwater vehicle using a light-section profiling system. 1103-1108 2004 IROS https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2004.1389544 conf/iros/2004 db/conf/iros/iros2004.html#KondoMUNSI04 Chen Chen Yicheng Chen Sehwa Chun Kenichi Fujita Yasuo Furushima Yuya Hamamatsu Shinichiro Hirabayashi Marc Humblet Masaaki Inaishi Shouhei Ito Chihaya Kawamura Shuma Kochii Hayato Kondo Ayaka Kume Yoshinori Kuranaga Jinjie Li Kotohiro Masuda Takumi Matsuda Marie Angelyn Mercado Yuichi Motegi Yoshifumi Nogi Yukiyasu Noguchi Yoshiaki Nose Masaki Ohashi Kenji Ohkuma Joni Pajarinen Jan Peters 0001 Takashi Sakamaki Yoshiki Sato Yuki Sekimori Amane Toriyama Tamaki Ura Yita Wang Yang Weng Hirokazu Yamagata Hiroki Yokohata Hiroshi Yoshida Moju Zhao