Title :
An Unmanned Surface Vehicle for Multi-mission Applications
Author :
Wang, Jianhua ; Gu, Wei ; Zhu, Jianxin ; Zhang, Jubiao
Author_Institution :
Marine Technol. & Control Eng. Key Lab., Shanghai Maritime Univ. Shanghai, Shanghai
Abstract :
This paper presents an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) for multi-mission applications. A small catamaran equipped with remotely operated system based on wireless local area network is developed and used as a universal platform. Outfitted with different appliances and instruments, the USV is tested for various applications including harbor surveillance, water quality sampling, hydrologic survey, maritime search and rescue. Experiments show that the USV is applicable.
Keywords :
marine vehicles; remotely operated vehicles; wireless LAN; catamaran; harbor surveillance; hydrologic survey; maritime search and rescue; multimission applications; remotely operated system; unmanned surface vehicle; water quality sampling; wireless local area network; Base stations; Communication system control; Instruments; Marine vehicles; Payloads; Propellers; Sampling methods; Sea surface; Surveillance; Testing; harbor surveillance; hydrologic survey; maritime search and rescue; unmanned surface vehicle; water quality sampling;
Conference_Titel :
Electronic Computer Technology, 2009 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Macau
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3559-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICECT.2009.136
