Software design techniques for the man-machine interface to autonomous underwater vehicles

Author

Pang, Yongjie ; Shang, You ; Xu, Yuru

Author_Institution

Dept. of Naval Archit. & Ocean Eng., Harbin Eng. Univ., China

fYear

1998

fDate

15-17 Apr 1998

Firstpage

370

Lastpage

374

Abstract

An integrated simulator, which is used in the research and development of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV), is introduced. It is constructed using the SGI workstation connected to other computers via Ethernet. This simulator can display the scene of the underwater virtual world, describe the motions of the underwater vehicle, and simulate a number of sensors. We use this simulator to develop the software of the intelligent control system for AUV, and study the dynamics of the underwater vehicle, pattern recognition, etc. The use of the simulator can greatly reduce the time and money spent in AUV development and risks in future sea test

Keywords

control system CAD; digital simulation; intelligent control; man-machine systems; marine systems; software engineering; user interfaces; virtual reality; autonomous underwater vehicles; digital simulation; dynamics; intelligent control system; man-machine interface; software; underwater virtual world; Computational modeling; Computer displays; Ethernet networks; Intelligent sensors; Layout; Research and development; Software design; Underwater vehicles; User interfaces; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Underwater Technology, 1998. Proceedings of the 1998 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4273-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/UT.1998.670129

Filename

670129