Iceberg Wall Following and Obstacle Avoidance by an AUV

In 2017 a team from MBARI and Stanford University deployed an AUV in Sermilik Fjord in Greenland to map the walls of icebergs. 24 missions were run over a period of a week, and a detailed 3D map of a specific iceberg was obtained. This paper describes the design of the control and obstacle-avoidance system and subsequent field operations.