Development of a micro autonomous underwater vehicle for complex 3-D sensing

Author

Hobson, Brett ; Schulz, Bryan ; Janét, Jason ; Kemp, Mathieu ; Moody, Ryan ; Pell, Chuck ; Pinnix, Heather

Author_Institution

Nekton Res., Durham, NC, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2043

Abstract

Nekton Research is developing a new series of micro-autonomous underwater vehicles (MicroAUV) called Rangers^TM that house commercial, multi-parameter water sensor arrays. Teams of these 9-centimeter diameter MicroAUVs work together to allow multi-agent, distributed sensing of inshore and near shore water down to 100 m depth. Swimming in schools of 4 to 12 members, these vehicles will work together to characterize phenomena as diverse as chemical plume geometry, small scale mixing, and 3-D flow dynamics. This Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) funded program combines a matti-agent distributed network search algorithm developed at Sandia National Labs (SNL), and an acoustic communication and navigation system developed at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI), with a new breed of AUV-Nekton Research´s Ranger^TM

Keywords

oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; underwater vehicles; AUV; DARPA; MicroAUV; Nekton Research; Rangers; SNL; Sandia National Labs; WHOI; coast; complex sensing; current; dynamics; equipment; flow; inshore; instrument; measurement technique; micro autonomous underwater vehicle; near shore; ocean; three dimensional structure; water sensor; Acoustic sensors; Actuators; Chemical sensors; Costs; Educational institutions; Navigation; Sensor arrays; Sensor systems; Underwater vehicles; Vehicle dynamics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS, 2001. MTS/IEEE Conference and Exhibition

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-933957-28-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2001.968311

Filename

968311