Title :
Underwater robotics: out of the research laboratory and into the field
Author :
Whitcomb, Louis L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
The development of two new classes of commercial underwater robotic vehicles-deep diving work-class remotely operated vehicles and survey-class autonomous vehicles-is being driven by the needs of deep water oil production and deep ocean telecommunication cable operations. The paper presents a survey of the present state and future directions of commercial underwater robotics, examines principal technical challenges, and outlines new enabling technologies for commercial underwater robotic vehicles
Keywords :
mobile robots; remotely operated vehicles; telerobotics; underwater vehicles; commercial underwater robotic vehicles; deep diving work-class remotely operated vehicles; deep ocean telecommunication cable operations; deep water oil production; enabling technologies; research laboratory; survey-class autonomous vehicles; technical challenges; Communication cables; Laboratories; Marine technology; Oceans; Paper technology; Petroleum; Production; Remotely operated vehicles; Robots; Underwater cables;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2000. Proceedings. ICRA '00. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5886-4
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2000.844135
