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Design of a semi-autonomous underwater vehicle for intervention missions (SAUVIM)

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In this paper, a semi-autonomous underwater vehicle for intervention missions (SAUVIM) is presented, which allows human intervention from a land-based computer system capable of vehicle path-planning and monitoring.
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As the research in the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) field intensifies and the necessity of underwater robotic vehicles (URVs) increases, the requirements of an URV have expanded from simple fly-by missions to more complex, intervention missions. The Autonomous Systems Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii is in the midst of designing and developing a semi-autonomous underwater vehicle for intervention missions (SAUVIM). The proposed open structure AUV possesses a fully functional manipulator, various mission sensors, and composite pressure vessels enclosed in a flooded composite fairing. The vehicle allows human-intervention from a land-based computer system capable of vehicle path-planning and monitoring.

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