Title :
Test and evaluation experience with an untethered supervisory controlled undersea robot
Author :
Walton, James M.
Author_Institution :
Ocean Technol. Branch, NCCOSC RDT&E DIV., San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
A considerable amount of test plan and test report documentation was produced during the Advanced Unmanned Search System (AUSS) test and evaluation program The documentation contains information an many of the techniques developed, applied, and refined during 134 dives with one of the first untethered undersea robots ever successfully fielded in the open ocean. This paper is based upon this wealth of AUSS test and evaluation documentation. Some of the test techniques and lessons learned during the AUSS program are explained
Keywords :
marine systems; mobile robots; navigation; Advanced Unmanned Search System; open ocean; test plan; test report documentation; untethered supervisory controlled undersea robot; Acoustic testing; Acoustic transducers; Control systems; Documentation; Humans; Mobile robots; Remotely operated vehicles; Robot control; Sonar navigation; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS '96. MTS/IEEE. Prospects for the 21st Century. Conference Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3519-8
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1996.568313
