Title :
Autonomous computer controlled ice drill
Author :
Beverly, C. ; Westneat, A.
Author_Institution :
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
Abstract :
An unmanned autonomous system, designed ultimately for air deployment, has been developed for drilling holes In the Arctic Ice. The system is intended to facilitate the collection of oceanographic date in inaccessible regions of the Arctic as part of the Air Deployed Oceanographic Mooring (ADOM) program. This paper describes the design of the drill, the microcomputer control system, and the results of initial field testing.
Keywords :
AC motors; Arctic; Automatic control; Batteries; Control systems; Heat pumps; Ice thickness; Packaging; Temperature control; Water heating;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 82
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC, USA
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1982.1151916
