Elit-guidance feasibility

Author

Michel, Jean-Louis ; Borot, Patrick

Author_Institution

IFREMER, Le Seyne-sur-Mer, France

Volume

5

fYear

1987

fDate

31929

Firstpage

18

Lastpage

22

Abstract

IFREMER program on autonomous undersea systems identified two main applications : - survey missions mainly science oriented for which we developped the first deep sea autonomous vehicle Epaulard operational since 1981 (ref.1) ; - local observation missions mainly oriented for industrial applications (ref.2.3). The project ELIT (Engin Libre Inhabité Télécommandé) focuses on this second applications. Prior to the development of a local observation system via an autonomous vehicle, a project feasibility phase has been settled. The main critical technical feasibilities concerned the guidance of such a vehicle mainly : - acoustic communications and image processing, - operator interface and vehicle control-supervision. Feasabilities being established IFREMER selected main industrial suppliers ACB, CGA and THOMSON SINTRA which start the realization in mid 1987.

Keywords

Communication system control; Electrical equipment industry; Image processing; Marine vehicles; Mobile robots; Navigation; Remotely operated vehicles; Sea surface; TV; Vehicle dynamics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, Proceedings of the 1987 5th International Symposium on

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/UUST.1987.1158596

Filename

1158596