DocumentCode
3064310
Title
Sea-dragon: An amphibious robot for operation in the littorals
Author
Healy, Patrick D. ; Bishop, Bradley E.
Author_Institution
Weapons & Syst. Eng., United States Naval Acad., Annapolis, MD
fYear
2009
fDate
15-17 March 2009
Firstpage
266
Lastpage
270
Abstract
This paper focuses on the design of an amphibious robot for operations support in the littoral zone (close to shore). The mission of the robot is to escort assaulting marines to and from the beachhead. This robot will also offer reconnaissance and escort alongside convoys. The robot will possess positive buoyancy and demonstrate dual locomotion for both land and sea, modeled after the Marines´ AAV. It will carry a teleoperated weapon and will be controlled by the remote operator using standard R/C gear and camera feedback.
Keywords
marine vehicles; military vehicles; mobile robots; Sea-dragon vehicle; amphibious assault vehicle; amphibious robot mission; camera feedback; littoral zone; positive buoyancy; remote operator; standard R/C gear; teleoperated weapon; Design engineering; Humans; Land vehicles; Military standards; Mobile robots; Orbital robotics; Payloads; Road vehicles; Systems engineering and theory; Weapons; Mobile robots; amphibious robots; military robots;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
System Theory, 2009. SSST 2009. 41st Southeastern Symposium on
Conference_Location
Tullahoma, TN
ISSN
0094-2898
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-3324-7
Electronic_ISBN
0094-2898
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SSST.2009.4806802
Filename
4806802
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