Development of a highly-maneuverable unmanned underwater vehicle having an RF communication buoy

Author

Lee, Pan M. ; Lee, Chong M. ; Kim, Kihun ; Choi, Hyun T. ; Yeo, Dong J. ; Jung, In S. ; Lee, Gyeong M. ; Jun, Bong H. ; Park, Sung W. ; Gu, Bum M. ; Yoon, Suk J. ; Chung, Chan I. ; Pyo, Sang H. ; Heo, Jun K. ; Lee, Jung W. ; Ha, Jae H. ; Han, Sang C. ; Ch

Author_Institution

Korea Ocean R&D Inst., Daejeon, South Korea

fYear

2012

fDate

21-24 May 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) with high maneuverability to be controlled in strong tidal currents. A radio buoy is connected to the UUV with an intermediate cable, and a wireless RF modem is installed to communicate with a support vessel. This paper presents the design and development of the UUV and the buoy systems. The vehicle equips with two main thrusters and four vertical/ horizontal tunnel thrusters in the middle of the vehicle. This paper discusses the hydrodynamic characteristics of the multiple thrusters, and strategies to maneuver the UUV with multiple thruster. Finally this paper presents effectiveness of the UUV with the buoy in conducting a simulated object installation.

Keywords

autonomous underwater vehicles; engines; hydrodynamics; modems; oceanographic techniques; submarine cables; RF communication buoy; UUV; hydrodynamics; maneuverability; tunnel thrusters; underwater cable; unmanned underwater vehicle; vessel; wireless RF modem; Coaxial cables; Communication cables; Optical fiber cables; Radio frequency; Sea surface; Underwater cables; Vehicles; RF communication buoy; maneuverability; strong tidal currents; unmanned underwater vehicle;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS, 2012 - Yeosu

Conference_Location

Yeosu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2089-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS-Yeosu.2012.6263621

Filename

6263621