DocumentCode
387327
Title
Epaulard: Operational developments
Author
Michel, J. ; Conway, T. ; Roux, H.
Author_Institution
IFREMER, La Seyne sur Mer, France
Volume
5
fYear
1987
fDate
31929
Firstpage
14
Lastpage
17
Abstract
Systematic exploration missions are the predilection domain for unmanned untethered undersea system. EPAULARD operational since 81 was conceived mainly for deep sea nodules exploration. As number of records increases, EPAULARD is pioneering some autonomous vehicles applications in marine biology and geology, in wreck search and inspection. Those missions require a high quality in deep sea systematic photographic imaging and micro-bathymetry on predetermined areas. Potential development of unmanned untethered systems will be confirmed providing that new technologies become mature giving to those systems more autonomy.
Keywords
Containers; Geology; Inspection; Marine technology; Marine vehicles; Mobile robots; Photography; Remotely operated vehicles; Sediments; Systematics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, Proceedings of the 1987 5th International Symposium on
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/UUST.1987.1158557
Filename
1158557
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