Intervention AUV

About: Intervention AUV is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 980 publications have been published within this topic receiving 14130 citations.

Artemis AUV payload development

Abstract: Phoenix engineers and operators have been working on developing new payload capabilities for our Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Artemis. Initially, we integrated and demonstrated a payload designed to look for hydro-carbon leaks from subsea pipelines. More recently, we developed a magnetometer payload for locating and mapping seafloor minerals. Both of these efforts involve the use of an AUV payload computer and a set of open source C++ modules for providing autonomy on robotic platforms, in particular autonomous marine vehicles, called Mission Oriented Operating Suite - Interval Programming (MOOS-IvP). This paper will discuss these AUV payload development efforts and describe how Artemis is now ready to support additional payload development initiatives.

Defense Contractors Snap Up Submersible Robot Gliders [Update]

Abstract: The new arrival to the underwater world are small submersible robots known as gliders because they thrust themselves through the water not with propellers but by simply changing their buoyancy. Gliders consume just a trickle of power and can remain at sea for several months at a time, surfacing only to get a GPS fix and beam data to satellites. A mission using a conventional autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) lasts only hours. Now it seems gliders have caught the attention of some other big fish.

Development and Application of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Abstract: As a kind of important unmanned platform,unmanned underwater vehicle(UUV) plays an important role in many fields.The latest development and the development plans of several developed countries are presented in this paper.Its underwater applications including environmental monitoring and ordnance survey are summarized.The key techniques such as intelligent control,autonomous navigation are analyzed.

Control system of a novel underwater vehicle for global ocean science to the deepest ocean

Abstract: A new remotely operated underwater vehicle-a hybrid ROV capable of working to the full depth of the ocean (11000m) has been developed. The battery powered vehicle operates in two modes. Basically, the vehicle is predominately operated fully remotely and video controlled via a light fiber optic cable. In a critical situation the fiber optic cable will be disconnected and the vehicle should switch automatically into the autonomous mode, returning to surface for recovery. If appropriate, the vehicle can also be used as a pre-programmed AUV for broad area survey from beginning. This paper presents the control system architecture of the vehicle including hardware and software. Also the lake trial and the full ocean depth simulation test are reported for verification of the effectiveness of the whole system.

Operations with multiple unmanned systems

Abstract: In the video we present results obtained from experiments we ran with multiple unmanned vehicles. The vehicles used in the experiments were made in the LSTS, which is introduced in the beginning of the video. A formation control problem using an Autonomous Surface Vehicle and an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle is presented first, then followed by a multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles control problem. After both problems an approach is proposed and results are presented.