The MARES AUV, a Modular Autonomous Robot for Environment Sampling

Author

Cruz, Nuno A. ; Matos, Aniíbal C.

Author_Institution

Fac. de Eng., Univ. do Porto, Porto

fYear

2008

fDate

15-18 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the design aspects and the development of the MARES AUV, a 1.5 m long vehicle, weighting 32 kg, designed and built at the University of Porto, Portugal. This vehicle is highly maneuverable, with the ability to move in the vertical plane, controlling pitch and vertical velocity; forward velocity can also be determined, anywhere between 0 and 2 m/s. MARES can easily integrate any new payload within reason, finding applications in a wide range of areas, such as pollution monitoring, scientific data collection, sonar mapping, underwater video or mine countermeasures.

Keywords

environmental factors; remotely operated vehicles; underwater vehicles; MARES AUV; Portugal; University of Porto; environment sampling; forward velocity; mine countermeasures; modular autonomous robot; pollution monitoring; scientific data collection; sonar mapping; underwater video; vertical plane; vertical velocity; Batteries; Costs; Monitoring; Oceans; Payloads; Pollution; Remotely operated vehicles; Robots; Sampling methods; Sonar applications;

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.2008.5152096

Filename

5152096