Geoff Roberts is Emeritus Professor of Mechatronics at the University of Wales and Visiting Professor of Mechatronic Systems at Coventry University. He is a member of the IFAC Technical Committee on Marine Systems and a member of the IFAC Technical Committee on Mechatronic Systems.Robert Sutton is currently a Professor of Control Systems Engineering in the School of Marine Science and Engineering at Plymouth University. In addition, he is a member of the International Federation of Automatic Control Technical Committee on Marine Systems and the Society for Underwater Technology Underwater Robotics Group Committee.

• Chapter 1: Editorial: further advances in unmanned marine vehiclesChapter 2: ROV LATIS: next generation smart underwater vehicleChapter 3: HyBIS: a new concept in versatile, 6000-m rated robotic underwater vehiclesChapter 4: An AUV project applied to studies on manoeuvrability of underwater vehiclesChapter 5: Neural network-based switching adaptive control for a remotely operated vehicleChapter 6: Development of dynamic positioning and tracking system for the ROV MinervaChapter 7: Port-Hamiltonian control of fully actuated underwater vehiclesChapter 8: Sonar-based simultaneous localization and mapping for autonomous underwater vehiclesChapter 9: T-REX: partitioned inference for AUV mission controlChapter 10: Vehicle-following for unmanned surface vehiclesChapter 11: An automatic control and fault-tolerant multi-sensor navigation system design for an unmanned maritime vehicleChapter 12: Cooperative control of multiple autonomous marine vehicles: theoretical foundations and practical issuesChapter 13: Hybrid glider: motivation, design and evaluationChapter 14: The enhanced Folaga: a hybrid AUV with modular payloadsChapter 15: A biomimetic underwater vehicle design conceptChapter 16: Development of robotic fish for the next generation unmanned marine vehicleChapter 17: Nature in engineering for monitoring the oceans: comparison of the energetic costs of marine animals and AUVs

Geoff Roberts is Emeritus Professor of Mechatronics at the University of Wales and Visiting Professor of Mechatronic Systems at Coventry University. He is a member of the IFAC Technical Committee on Marine Systems and a member of the IFAC Technical Committee on Mechatronic Systems.Robert Sutton is currently a Professor of Control Systems Engineering in the School of Marine Science and Engineering at Plymouth University. In addition, he is a member of the International Federation of Automatic Control Technical Committee on Marine Systems and the Society for Underwater Technology Underwater Robotics Group Committee.

• Chapter 1: Editorial: further advances in unmanned marine vehiclesChapter 2: ROV LATIS: next generation smart underwater vehicleChapter 3: HyBIS: a new concept in versatile, 6000-m rated robotic underwater vehiclesChapter 4: An AUV project applied to studies on manoeuvrability of underwater vehiclesChapter 5: Neural network-based switching adaptive control for a remotely operated vehicleChapter 6: Development of dynamic positioning and tracking system for the ROV MinervaChapter 7: Port-Hamiltonian control of fully actuated underwater vehiclesChapter 8: Sonar-based simultaneous localization and mapping for autonomous underwater vehiclesChapter 9: T-REX: partitioned inference for AUV mission controlChapter 10: Vehicle-following for unmanned surface vehiclesChapter 11: An automatic control and fault-tolerant multi-sensor navigation system design for an unmanned maritime vehicleChapter 12: Cooperative control of multiple autonomous marine vehicles: theoretical foundations and practical issuesChapter 13: Hybrid glider: motivation, design and evaluationChapter 14: The enhanced Folaga: a hybrid AUV with modular payloadsChapter 15: A biomimetic underwater vehicle design conceptChapter 16: Development of robotic fish for the next generation unmanned marine vehicleChapter 17: Nature in engineering for monitoring the oceans: comparison of the energetic costs of marine animals and AUVs

Geoff Roberts is Emeritus Professor of Mechatronics at the University of Wales and Visiting Professor of Mechatronic Systems at Coventry University. He is a member of the IFAC Technical Committee on Marine Systems and a member of the IFAC Technical Committee on Mechatronic Systems.Robert Sutton is currently a Professor of Control Systems Engineering in the School of Marine Science and Engineering at Plymouth University. In addition, he is a member of the International Federation of Automatic Control Technical Committee on Marine Systems and the Society for Underwater Technology Underwater Robotics Group Committee.

• Chapter 1: Editorial: further advances in unmanned marine vehiclesChapter 2: ROV LATIS: next generation smart underwater vehicleChapter 3: HyBIS: a new concept in versatile, 6000-m rated robotic underwater vehiclesChapter 4: An AUV project applied to studies on manoeuvrability of underwater vehiclesChapter 5: Neural network-based switching adaptive control for a remotely operated vehicleChapter 6: Development of dynamic positioning and tracking system for the ROV MinervaChapter 7: Port-Hamiltonian control of fully actuated underwater vehiclesChapter 8: Sonar-based simultaneous localization and mapping for autonomous underwater vehiclesChapter 9: T-REX: partitioned inference for AUV mission controlChapter 10: Vehicle-following for unmanned surface vehiclesChapter 11: An automatic control and fault-tolerant multi-sensor navigation system design for an unmanned maritime vehicleChapter 12: Cooperative control of multiple autonomous marine vehicles: theoretical foundations and practical issuesChapter 13: Hybrid glider: motivation, design and evaluationChapter 14: The enhanced Folaga: a hybrid AUV with modular payloadsChapter 15: A biomimetic underwater vehicle design conceptChapter 16: Development of robotic fish for the next generation unmanned marine vehicleChapter 17: Nature in engineering for monitoring the oceans: comparison of the energetic costs of marine animals and AUVs