The European R&D-Project GREX: Coordination and control of cooperating heterogeneous unmanned systems in uncertain environments

The GREX Project – one of the few collaborating R&D initiatives, centered around Autonomous Marine Vehicles, and which are co-funded by the European Union within the 6th framework, is about to end. It started in June 2006 and faces its final evaluation in October 2009. “Grex” is the Latin word for a group or flock and for the first time ever a team of heterogeneous unmanned vehicles perform a coordinated, cooperative mission whereby each vehicle plays the role of a sophisticated node in a network. This presentation will give an overview about the solutions to the challenging and ambitious goals of the project which sets a true milestone in AUV capabilities.