DocumentCode
1931474
Title
Development of AUV "Marine Bird" with underwater docking and recharging system
Author
Kawasaki, Tadayuki ; Fukasawa, Toshifumi ; Noguchi, Toshihito ; Baino, Makoto
Author_Institution
Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corp., Japan
fYear
2003
fDate
25-27 June 2003
Firstpage
166
Lastpage
170
Abstract
The "Marine Bird" is an experimental autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that can dock with an underwater base to charge batteries. An AUV with docking functions like the Marine Bird and a scientific submarine cable network system are to enhance their availability each other when they are used together. The combination of both technologies is to be a breakthrough for oceanographic investigations. This paper describes the overview of the Marine Bird, its docking and recharging system and the principal test results.
Keywords
oceanographic equipment; power supplies to apparatus; remotely operated vehicles; underwater vehicles; AUV; Marine Bird; autonomous underwater vehicle; oceanographic investigations; recharging system; scientific submarine cable network system; underwater base; underwater docking; Batteries; Birds; Costs; Marine technology; Marine vehicles; Motion control; Navigation; Remotely operated vehicles; Sea surface; Underwater vehicles;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies, 2003. The 3rd International Workshop on
Conference_Location
Tokyo, Japan
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7775-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SSC.2003.1224134
Filename
1224134
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