Title :
AUV commercialization-who´s leading the pack?
Author :
Wernli, Robert L.
Author_Institution :
SPAWAR Syst. Center, San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
Taking AUV technology from the drawing board and putting it into commercial practice has been a long and costly process, however, there are several companies that have done just that. Are AUVs ready for commercialization? Have they been successful? Who´s leading the pack? Who´s buying-military, offshore, academia? The paper attempts to answer those questions
Keywords :
mobile robots; remotely operated vehicles; underwater vehicles; AUV commercialization; autonomous underwater vehicles; commercial market; military establishments; scientific organisations; Commercialization; Costs; Current measurement; Drilling; Marine vehicles; Operating systems; Petroleum; Research and development; Sea floor; Soil measurements;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 2000 MTS/IEEE Conference and Exhibition
Conference_Location :
Providence, RI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6551-8
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.2000.881290
