Title :
The development of the AUV-Urashima
Author :
Tamura, K. ; Aoki, T. ; Nakamura, T. ; Tsukioka, S. ; Murashima, T. ; Ochi, H. ; Nakajoh, H. ; Ida, T. ; Hyakudome, T.
Author_Institution :
Japan Marine Sci. & Technol. Center, Yokosuka, Japan
Abstract :
JAMSTEC started on the development project of AUV in 1998 fiscal year, and the first test machine AUV-EX1 which renamed Urashima has been developed in March 2000. Urashima has many excellent features. The cruising range is relatively long and working depth is very deep. It has a new inertia navigation system with ring laser gyros. The fuel cell system will be selected for its power device. From this June, the first test in the sea of Urashima and the fuel cell test on ground have started. This paper introduces the feature of Urashima, and shows an outline of these tests
Keywords :
oceanographic equipment; remotely operated vehicles; underwater vehicles; AUV; AUV-EX1; JAMSTEC; Urashima; autonomous underwater vehicle; cruising range; equipment; fuel cell system; inertial navigation; instrument; ocean; ring laser gyro; Acoustic devices; Acoustic testing; Fuel cells; Marine technology; Marine vehicles; Navigation; Processor scheduling; Sea floor; Sonar; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 2000 MTS/IEEE Conference and Exhibition
Conference_Location :
Providence, RI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6551-8
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.2000.881249
