TURTLE — Systems and technologies for deep ocean long term presence

Author

Ferreira, Hugo ; Martins, Alfredo ; Almeida, Jussara M. ; Valente, Antonio ; Figueiredo, Antonio ; da Cruz, Batista ; Camilo, Mauricio ; Lobo, Victor ; Pinho, Carlos ; Olivier, Augustin ; Silva, Enrico

Author_Institution

ESEIG - Sch. of Ind. Studies & Manage., Porto Polytech. Inst., Porto, Portugal

fYear

2014

fDate

14-19 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

This paper describes the TURTLE project that aim to develop sub-systems with the capability of deep-sea long-term presence. Our motivation is to produce new robotic ascend and descend energy efficient technologies to be incorporated in robotic vehicles used by civil and military stakeholders for underwater operations. TURTLE contribute to the sustainable presence and operations in the sea bottom. Long term presence on sea bottom, increased awareness and operation capabilities in underwater sea and in particular on benthic deeps can only be achieved through the use of advanced technologies, leading to automation of operation, reducing operational costs and increasing efficiency of human activity.

Keywords

autonomous underwater vehicles; TURTLE project; benthic deeps; civil stakeholders; deep ocean long term presence; deep-sea long-term presence; human activity efficiency; military stakeholders; operational costs; robotic ascend and descend energy efficient technologies; robotic vehicles; underwater operations; Instruments; Observatories; Oceans; Robots; Shape; Underwater vehicles; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Oceans - St. John's, 2014

Conference_Location

St. John´s, NL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-4920-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2014.7003138

Filename

7003138