A modular approach for sensor integration on the REMUS vehicle

Author

Dreiling, Andrew ; Djapic, V. ; Hong, G. ; Arrieta, R. ; Granger, Brian ; Dock, M. ; Stokey, R.

Author_Institution

Space & Naval Warfare Syst. Center, San Diego, CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2003

Abstract

This paper describes the development of a standard for integrating environmental sensors onto the Remote Environmental Monitoring UnitS (REMUS) unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV). The integration will follow a modular approach by placing additional body sections between the Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) module and nose cone. New sensors can use the input interface provided on the REMUS for the optical backscatter. Most sensors can be mated with the vehicle via an intermediary collar device designed by SSC-SD along with a pressure vessel module or custom mounted on into a "dummy" nose cone. In addition to the physical integration, a generic NMEA 183 software interface has been developed in cooperation with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Keywords

Doppler measurement; geophysics computing; oceanographic techniques; underwater vehicles; ADCP module; Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler; REMUS vehicle; Remote Environmental Monitoring UnitS; SSC-SD; UUV; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; dummy nose cone; generic NMEA 183 software; input interface; intermediary collar device; optical backscatter; presure vessel module; sensor; sensor integration; unmanned underwater vehicle; Acoustic devices; Acoustic sensors; Backscatter; Nose; Optical sensors; Remote monitoring; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Standards development; Underwater acoustics; Underwater vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2003. Proceedings

Print_ISBN

0-933957-30-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2003.178139

Filename

1282655