Pose Estimation of Underwater Robot using Vision System

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Nuclear regulation requires a periodic visual test for inside structures of reactor to guarantee safe operation of nuclear power plant. However, existing visual test, which is proceeded manually, needs lots of time and labor. Even more, test workers should be exposed in radioactive environment during the test. An underwater robot system has being studied for more efficient and safer test. The position and pose estimation are important issue for the movement control of the robot. An algorithm was presented in this paper, which estimate the location and pose of the underwater robot clearly using vision system.