• DocumentCode
    1891046
  • Title

    Vehicle and Mission Control of the DELFIM Autonomous Surface Craft

  • Author

    Alves, J. ; Oliveira, P. ; Oliveira, R. ; Pascoal, A. ; Rufino, M. ; Sebastião, L. ; Silvestre, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Syst. & Robot., Lisbon
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    28-30 June 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    DELFIM is an autonomous surface craft developed at ISR/IST for automatic marine data acquisition and to serve as an acoustic relay between submerged craft and a support vessel. The paper describes the navigation, guidance, and control systems of the vehicle, together with the mission control system that allows end-users to seamlessly program and run scientific missions at sea. Practical results obtained during sea tests in the Atlantic, near Azores islands, are briefly summarized and discussed.
  • Keywords
    data acquisition; marine vehicles; mobile robots; Atlantic; Azores islands; DELFIM autonomous surface craft; ISR/IST; acoustic relay; automatic marine data acquisition; mission control; submerged craft; support vessel; vehicle control; Acoustic testing; Automatic control; Control systems; Data acquisition; Mobile robots; Navigation; Relays; Remotely operated vehicles; Sea surface; Underwater acoustics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Control and Automation, 2006. MED '06. 14th Mediterranean Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Ancona
  • Print_ISBN
    0-9786720-1-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0-9786720-0-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MED.2006.328689
  • Filename
    4124872