Title :
Ocean gliders - technology, economics drivers, and roadmap
Author_Institution :
Maritime Syst., iRobot Corp., Durham, NC, USA
Abstract :
Underwater glider technology is becoming accepted as a rapidly maturing Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (`AUV´) technology with great potential. Yet after two decades this very powerful AUV technology is still in the infancy compared to other research tools for ocean exploration and other unmanned systems. As underwater glider technology continues to advance and become more useful, its proliferation is likely to be more driven by economics than by technical capabilities.
Keywords :
autonomous underwater vehicles; mobile robots; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; AUV technology; autonomous underwater vehicle; ocean exploration; ocean gliders; underwater glider technology; Economics; Oceans; Optical sensors; Production; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; ARGO; AUV; Iridium; Underwater Autonomous vehicles; economics of data gathering; floats; gliders; ocean sensors;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 2011
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1427-6
