Guidance of an autonomous underwater vehicle in special situations

Author

Eichhorn, M.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Automation & Syst. Eng., Tech. Univ. of Ilmenau, Germany

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

20-23 June 2005

Firstpage

35

Abstract

This article describes a guidance system of the autonomous underwater vehicle "DeepC" [ATLAS ELECTRONIK, 2005] in special situations. A special situation occurs when one or more objects interfere with the planned route of a mission. The possible reactions are evasion or identification of the objects. The paper presents these two tasks in overview. The special demands challenges of the underwater environment, computer parameters, sensors and the maneuverability of the vehicle are considered in the selection and development of the required strategies. Such challenges include the sea current, maneuver in the 3-D space and the limited perceptive faculty of the sonar.

Keywords

oceanography; sonar target recognition; underwater sound; underwater vehicles; 3D space maneuver; DeepC; autonomous underwater vehicle; computer parameters; evasion; limited perceptive sonar faculty; object identifcation; sea current; sensors; special situations; vehicle maneuverability; Automatic control; Automation; Automotive engineering; Fuel cell vehicles; Hardware; Navigation; Payloads; Remotely operated vehicles; Sonar; Underwater vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Oceans 2005 - Europe

Conference_Location

Brest, France

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9103-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANSE.2005.1511680

Filename

1511680