PC-BASED CAN-BUS EXPERIMENTAL PLATFORM FOR AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES

W. Liu,∗,∗∗ L. Gao,∗,∗∗ Y. Ding,∗ J. Xu,∗ and Y. Ji∗

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