The Development and Ocean Testing of an AUV Docking Station for a 21" AUV

Author

Hobson, Brett W. ; McEwen, Robert S. ; Erickson, Jon ; Hoover, Thomas ; Mcbride, Lance ; Shane, Farley ; Bellingham, James G.

Author_Institution

Monterey Bay Aquarium Res. Inst., Monterey

fYear

2007

fDate

Sept. 29 2007-Oct. 4 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has developed an AUV docking station for a 21-inch (54 cm) diameter AUV. The system was designed for operation with cabled undersea observatories in water depths up to 4 km deep and has been demonstrated in the open ocean, though at much shallower depths. The program demonstrated successful autonomous homing and docking, data downloads, uploading of new mission plans, battery recharging, and complete power cycling of the AUV. We describe the design, and at-sea tests.

Keywords

oceanographic equipment; remotely operated vehicles; underwater equipment; underwater vehicles; AUV docking station; MBARI; Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute; battery recharging; cabled undersea observatories; complete power cycling; data downloads; mission plan uploading; ocean testing; Batteries; Instruments; Marine vehicles; Mars; Observatories; Oceans; Sea floor; Testing; Underwater cables; Underwater vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2007

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

978-0933957-35-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-0933957-35-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2007.4449318

Filename

4449318