Acoustic tracking and homing with a long-range AUV

Author

Stanway, M. Jordan ; Kieft, Brian ; Hoover, Thomas ; Hobson, Brett ; Hamilton, Andrew ; Bellingham, Jim

Author_Institution

Monterey Bay Aquarium Res. Instn. Moss Landing, Monterey, CA, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

14-19 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

This paper presents the development effort toward demonstrating acoustic tracking and homing with a long-range AUV (LRAUV) at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). The acoustic tracking system uses a directional acoustic transponder (DAT) from Teledyne Benthos, backed by an acoustic baffle made from syntactic acoustic damping material (SADM). We discuss sensor integration into the LRAUV system, procedures and results from an in-house calibration, and field tests with both anchored and towed transponders.

Keywords

autonomous underwater vehicles; calibration; sonar tracking; transponders; DAT; LRAUV system; MBARI; Monterey bay aquarium research institute; SADM; Teledyne Benthos; acoustic baffle; acoustic homing; acoustic tracking system; directional acoustic transponder; in-house calibration; long-range autonomous underwater vehicle; sensor integration; syntactic acoustic damping material; Acoustic measurements; Acoustics; Azimuth; Calibration; Modems; Sonar equipment; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Oceans - St. John's, 2014

Conference_Location

St. John´s, NL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-4920-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2014.7003277

Filename

7003277