DocumentCode
559281
Title
Ocean gliders - technology, economics drivers, and roadmap
Author
Hudson, Edison
Author_Institution
Maritime Syst., iRobot Corp., Durham, NC, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
19-22 Sept. 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
Underwater glider technology is becoming accepted as a rapidly maturing Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (`AUV´) technology with great potential. Yet after two decades this very powerful AUV technology is still in the infancy compared to other research tools for ocean exploration and other unmanned systems. As underwater glider technology continues to advance and become more useful, its proliferation is likely to be more driven by economics than by technical capabilities.
Keywords
autonomous underwater vehicles; mobile robots; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; AUV technology; autonomous underwater vehicle; ocean exploration; ocean gliders; underwater glider technology; Economics; Oceans; Optical sensors; Production; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; ARGO; AUV; Iridium; Underwater Autonomous vehicles; economics of data gathering; floats; gliders; ocean sensors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
OCEANS 2011
Conference_Location
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1427-6
Type
conf
Filename
6107086
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