Title :
"Marine Bird", a new experimental AUV - results of docking and electric power supply tests in sea trials
Author :
Kawasaki, Tadayuki ; Noguchi, Toshihito ; Fukasawa, Toshifumi ; Hayashi, Shinjirou ; Shibata, Yozo ; Limori, Takeo ; Okaya, Noriyuki ; Fukui, Kouichi ; Kinoshita, Masato
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Submarine Design, Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corp., Kobe
Abstract :
"Marine Bird" is an experimental autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that can dock with an underwater base to charge batteries. In October 2003, we carried out the second sea trials off Wakayama Prefecture, Japan and succeeded for the first time in autonomous docking and power supply from an underwater station (a dummy base) to the vehicle under the real environment. This paper describes the outline and the results of the sea trials as well as the overview of the Marine Bird
Keywords :
battery chargers; battery powered vehicles; oceanographic equipment; oceanography; remotely operated vehicles; underwater vehicles; AD 2003 10; AUV; Japan; Marine Bird; Wakayama Prefecture; autonomous docking; autonomous underwater vehicle; docking test; electric power supply test; sea trials; underwater base; underwater station; Birds; Control systems; Marine vehicles; Motion control; Optical control; Power supplies; Pressure control; Remotely operated vehicles; Testing; Underwater vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS '04. MTTS/IEEE TECHNO-OCEAN '04
Conference_Location :
Kobe
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8669-8
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.2004.1406387
