Title :
Development of the working-AUV “Otohime”
Author :
Ishibashi, Shojiro ; Yoshida, Hiroshi ; Hyakudome, Tadahiro ; Sugesawa, Makoto ; Nakatani, Takeshi ; Ochi, Hiroshi ; Watanabe, Yoshitaka ; Sawa, Takao ; Nakano, Yoshiyuki ; Ota, Yutaka ; Utsugi, Hiromi ; Kumagai, Takeshi ; Sato, Susumu
Author_Institution :
Marine Technol. & Eng. Center (MARITEC), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Sci. & Technol., Yokosuka, Japan
Abstract :
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) has been developing two types of AUVs; a cruising-AUV “Jinbei” and a working-AUV “Otohime”, since October 2010. The main missions of them are to survey the environment near seafloor surface where Carbon dioxide capture and storage, to explore for seabed mineral resources and to make the detailed seafloor map using seafloor pictures. In Feb. and Mar. 2012, the first sea trial for each was be carried out. In this paper, the outline of the working-AUV “Otohime” and some key technologies are explained, and about the first sea trial is described.
Keywords :
autonomous underwater vehicles; carbon capture and storage; manipulators; minerals; seafloor phenomena; JAMSTEC; Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology; Jinbei; Otohime; carbon dioxide capture and storage; cruising-AUV; seabed mineral resources; seafloor map; seafloor pictures; seafloor surface; working-AUV; Carbon dioxide; Manipulators; Optical fiber cables; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Underwater vehicles; AUV; carbon dioxide; manipulator; science exploration; underwater minerals;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS, 2012 - Yeosu
Conference_Location :
Yeosu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2089-5
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS-Yeosu.2012.6263498
