Title :
Vehicle for Automation Research and Underwater Navigation
Author :
Sinha, Ravindra Kumar ; Ahmed, Sabir ; Tutwani, Mayank ; Bahuguna, Puneet ; Kumra, Rohit ; Agarwal, Vineet ; Saxena, Vidush ; Mittal, Vinay ; Gupta, Prateek
Author_Institution :
Delhi Technol. Univ. (formerly Delhi Coll. of Eng.), Delhi, India
Abstract :
Vehicle for Automation Research and Underwater Navigation, VARUN is an autonomous underwater vehicle designed and developed by undergraduate students of Delhi Technological University, New Delhi. It is designed with a focus on shallow water applications in defense such as mine countermeasures, surveillance and reconnaissance and civilian applications at ports, in ship maintenance and in marine research. The development of the vehicle involves a multi-disciplinary approach with engineers from electronics, mechanical, information technology and production engineering.
Keywords :
mobile robots; remotely operated vehicles; underwater vehicles; Delhi Technological University; New Delhi; autonomous underwater vehicle; marine research; mine countermeasures; shallow water applications; ship maintenance; vehicle for automation research and underwater navigation; Cameras; Control systems; Data acquisition; Software; Sonar equipment; Underwater vehicles; Vehicles; Autonomous Underwater Vehicle; Image Processing; PID Control; Passive SONAR;
Conference_Titel :
Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8113-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICMA.2011.5986312
