Title :
Girona 500 AUV: From Survey to Intervention
Author :
Ribas, David ; Palomeras, Narcís ; Ridao, Pere ; Carreras, Marc ; Mallios, Angelos
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Eng., Univ. de Girona, Girona, Spain
Abstract :
This paper outlines the specifications and basic design approach taken on the development of the Girona 500, an autonomous underwater vehicle whose most remarkable characteristic is its capacity to reconfigure for different tasks. The capabilities of this new vehicle range from different forms of seafloor survey to inspection and intervention tasks.
Keywords :
autonomous underwater vehicles; inspection; Girona 500 AUV; autonomous underwater vehicle; inspection task; intervention tasks; seafloor survey; task reconfiguration; Batteries; Computer architecture; Computers; Navigation; Payloads; Propulsion; Vehicles; Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV); intervention AUV; vehicle design;
Journal_Title :
Mechatronics, IEEE/ASME Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMECH.2011.2174065
