Closer to deep underwater science with ODYSSEY IV class hovering autonomous underwater vehicle (HAUV)

Author

Desset, S. ; Damus, R. ; Hover, F. ; Morash, J. ; Polidoro, V.

Author_Institution

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2005

fDate

20-23 June 2005

Firstpage

758

Abstract

The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Laboratory (AUVLAB) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is currently building and testing a new, general purpose and inexpensive 6000 meter capable hovering autonomous underwater vehicle (HAUV), the ´ODYSSEY IV class´. The vehicle is intended for rapid deployments, potentially with minimal navigation, thus supporting episodic dives for exploratory missions. For that, the vehicle is capable of fast dive times, short survey on bottom and simple navigation.

Keywords

oceanographic equipment; remotely operated vehicles; underwater vehicles; 6000 m; AUVLAB; Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Laboratory; MIT; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; ODYSSEY IV class HAUV; deep underwater science; episodic dives; exploratory missions; hovering autonomous underwater vehicle; navigation; rapid deployment; Acceleration; Automotive engineering; Costs; Laboratories; Marine vehicles; Navigation; Oceans; Remotely operated vehicles; Testing; Underwater vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Oceans 2005 - Europe

Conference_Location

Brest, France

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9103-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANSE.2005.1513151

Filename

1513151