Unmanned surface vehicles, 15 years of development

Author

Manley, Justin E.

Author_Institution

Battelle Appl. Coastal & Environ. Services, Duxbury, MA

fYear

2008

fDate

15-18 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

To celebrate the 40^th Anniversary of the Oceanic Engineering Society (OES) at the MTS/IEEE OCEANS 2008 Conference in Quebec City a series of review papers were requested from OES technical committee chairs. In response to that request this paper provides a review of the field of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and autonomous surface craft (ASCs). The paper discusses the enabling technologies that have allowed USVs to emerge as a viable platform for marine operations as well as the application areas where they offer value. The paper tracks developments in technology from early systems developed by the author in 1993 through the latest developments and demonstration programs. The future outlook for USV technology is also described.

Keywords

marine vehicles; mobile robots; remotely operated vehicles; MTS/IEEE OCEANS 2008 Conference; Oceanic Engineering Society; autonomous surface craft; marine operations; unmanned surface vehicles; Marine technology; Marine vehicles; Navigation; Oceanic Engineering Society; Paper technology; Remotely operated vehicles; Rivers; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2008

Conference_Location

Quebec City, QC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2619-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2620-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2008.5152052

Filename

5152052