Title :
AUV "TUNA-SAND" and its Exploration of hydrothermal vents at Kagoshima Bay
Author :
Nakatani, Takeshi ; Ura, Tamaki ; Ito, Yuzuru ; Kojima, Junichi ; Tamura, Kenkichi ; Sakamaki, Takashi ; Nose, Yoshiaki
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Ind. Sci., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo
Abstract :
In this paper, we introduce a newly developed AUV (Autonomous underwater vehicle) "TUNA-SAND"(Terrain- based Underwater Navigable AUV for Seafloor And Natural resources Development) and its exploration of the hydrothermal vent in Kagoshima Bay, Japan carried out on August 2007. TUNA-SAND is a hovering type AUV constructed in March 2007 as a platform for visual investigation of seafloor features.
Keywords :
oceanographic equipment; oceanographic regions; remotely operated vehicles; seafloor phenomena; underwater vehicles; AD 2007 08; Japan; Kagoshima Bay; TUNA-SAND; Terrain-based Underwater Navigable AUV for Seafloor And Natural resources Development; autonomous underwater vehicle; hovering type AUV; hydrothermal vents exploration; seafloor features; visual investigation; Acoustic sensors; Oceanographic techniques; Optical fiber sensors; Optical sensors; Remotely operated vehicles; Sea floor; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; Sonar navigation; Vents;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 2008 - MTS/IEEE Kobe Techno-Ocean
Conference_Location :
Kobe
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2125-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2126-8
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANSKOBE.2008.4531099
