K. Lebart, E. Trucco, D. M. Lane; Real-time automatic sea-floor change detection from video, Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS'00 Conference, pp. 1337 - 1343, September 2000.
Ioseba Tena Ruiz, David M. Lane, Mike J. Chantler; A comparison of inter-frame feature measures for robust object classification in sector scan sonar image sequences, IEEE J. Oceanic Eng., vol. 24, pp. 458 - 469, October 1999.
Michael Sfakiotakis, David M. Lane, J. Bruce C. Davies; Review of fish swimming modes for aquatic locomotion, IEEE J. Oceanic Eng., vol. 24, pp. 237 - 252, April 1999.
David M. Lane, J. Bruce C. Davies, Graham Robinson, Desmond J. O'Brien, Jim Sneddon, Euan Seaton, Anders Elfstrom; The AMADEUS dextrous subsea hand: design, modeling, and sensor processing, IEEE J. Oceanic Eng., vol. 24, pp. 96 - 111, January 1999.
David M. Lane, Mike J. Chantler, Dongyong Dai; Robust tracking of multiple objects in sector-scan sonar image sequences using optical flow motion estimation, IEEE J. Oceanic Eng., vol. 23, pp. 31 - 46, January 1998.
M. F. C. Pickett, D. M. Lane; Tele-assistance task planning for dextrous underwater manipulation, Proceedings of IEEE OCEANS'98 Conference, pp. 200 - 204, September 1998.
David M. Lane, Mike Chantler, Dong Yong Dai, Ioseba Tena Ruiz; Tracking and classification of multiple objects in mutibeam sector scan sonar image sequences, Proceedings of the 1998 International Symposium on Underwater Technology, pp. 269 - 273, April 1998.
J. B. C. Davies, D. M. Lane, G. C. Robinson, D. J. O'Brien, M. Pickett, M. Sfakiotakis, B. Deacon; Subsea applications of continuum robots, Proceedings of the 1998 International Symposium on Underwater Technology, pp. 363 - 369, April 1998.
N. Pican, E. Trucco, M. Ross, D. M. Lane, Y. Petillot, I. Tena Ruiz; Texture analysis for seabed classification: Co-occurrence matrices vs. self-organizing maps, Proceedings of IEEE OCEANS'98 Conference, pp. 424 - 428, September 1998.
D. J. O'Brien, D. M. Lane; The sensing subsystems and force control of the AMADEUS dextrous underwater gripper, Proceedings of IEEE OCEANS'98 Conference, pp. 713 - 717, September 1998.
Y. Petillot, I. Tena Ruiz, D. M. Lane, Y. Wang, E. Trucco, N. Pican; Underwater vehicle path planning using a multi-beam forward looking sonar, Proceedings of IEEE OCEANS'98 Conference, pp. 1194 - 1199, September 1998.
D. M. Lane, G. J. Falconer, G. W. Randall, N. D. Duffy, J. T. Herd, P. Chernett, J. Hunter, M. Colley, J. Standeven, V. Callaghan, J. Smith, J. Evans, A. Woods, J. Penrose, G. A. Whittaker, D. Smith, I. Edwards; Mixing simulations and real subsystems for subsea robot development-- Specification and development of the core simulation engine, Proceedings of IEEE OCEANS'98 Conference, pp. 1382 - 1386, September 1998.
Naomi Kato, David M. Lane; Co-ordinated control of multiple manipulators in underwater robots, Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 9, pp. 34 - 50, September 1995.
David M. Lane, John P. Stoner; Automatic interpretation of sonar imagery using qualitative feature matching, IEEE J. Oceanic Eng., vol. 19, pp. 391 - 405, July 1994.
D. M. Lane, J. Sneddon, D. J. O'Brien, J. B. C. Davies, G. C. Robinson; Aspects of the design and development of a subsea dextrous grasping system, Proceedings of IEEE OCEANS'94 Conference, pp. 174 - 181, September 1994.
Andrew W. Quinn, David M. Lane; Computational issues in motion planning for autonomous underwater vehicles with manipulators, Proceedings of 1994 Symposium on Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Technology, pp. 255 - 262, July 1994.
David M. Lane, Angus G. McFadzean, John P. Stoner; Automated interpretation of sonar data, Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 7, pp. 294 - 308, September 1991.
David M. Lane; A Human Slant on Ocean Opportunities: Link with 'Operation Raleigh', Proceedings of IEEE OCEANS'91 Conference, pp. 530 - 534, October 1991.
David M. Lane, Matthew W. Dunnigan, Philip J. Knightbridge, Andrew W. Quinn, Andrew C. Clegg; Dual manipulator collaboration: Issues in architecture, planning and control, Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 7, pp. 586 - 599, September 1991.
D. M. Lane, M. J. Chantler, A. G. McFadzean, C. S. Reid, A. J. Richardson, E. W. Robertson, J. P. Stoner; Knowledge based sensor interpretation for autonomous underwater systems, Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 6, pp. 401 - 416, June 1989.
George T. Russell, David M. Lane; A knowledge-based system framework for environmental perception in a subsea robotics context, IEEE J. Oceanic Eng., vol. 11, pp. 401 - 412, July 1986.
G. T. Russell, D. M. Lane; An intelligent guidance system utilising sector scan sonar image interpretation, Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 4, pp. 257 - 271, June 1985.
David M. Lane received the B.S. degree in electrical and electronic engineering in 1980 and the Ph.D. degree in 1986 for work on subsea robotics.
He is a Professor in the Department of Computing and Electrical Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K. His research interests involve using advanced technology in the ocean, embracing tethered and autonomous underwater vehicles and subsea robotics. He is currently the coordinator of the MAST-III project AMADEUS, and principle Heriot-Watt investigator on the collaborative CEC programs MAST-III ARAMIS, MAST-II AMADEUS Phase I, and for the ESPRIT III UNION Basic Research Action, now finished. He also holds grants for several U.K. Government and industry funded projects, involving underwater robotics for North Sea oil and gas exploration and production. He was previously involved in the EUREKA EU191 Advanced Underwater Robots AUV program. He has worked in the U.K., Defence Industry as a Development Engineer and in the Offshore industry on the operations and maintenance of manned underwater vehicles for inspection and survey.
Dr. Lane is a Chartered Engineer in the U.K. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE). He was the initial chairman of the European MARABOT special interest group on Subsea Robotics, is a member of the IEE Professional Group B3, Intelligent Automation and Robotics, and the UK Society for Underwater Technology Underwater Robotics Group. He is Associate Editor of International Journal of Systems Science and has recently acted on numerous Program Committees for IEEE Oceanic Engineering and Robotics & Automation Societies, including organizing special sessions at the annual international conferences.