DocumentCode :
2570194
Title :
Navigation of unmanned underwater vehicles for scientific surveys
Author :
Babb, Richard
Author_Institution :
Deacon Lab., Inst. of Oceonogr. Sci., Godalming, UK
fYear :
1990
fDate :
5-6 Jun 1990
Firstpage :
194
Lastpage :
198
Abstract :
Possible navigation methods for unmanned underwater vehicles are described and the limits of their accuracy are reviewed. The best approach seems to be the use of a sparse network of bottom-laid acoustic transponders giving only sporadic coverage of the area, together with a high-accuracy dead reckoning system based on a bottom-referenced acoustic log and a low-cost inertial navigator used as a precision gyrocompass. The likely performance and operating costs are discussed. Accuracy requirements are considered in detail
Keywords :
automatic guided vehicles; computerised navigation; marine systems; mobile robots; transport computer control; bottom-laid acoustic transponders; high-accuracy dead reckoning system; low-cost inertial navigator; navigation methods; precision gyrocompass; scientific surveys; sparse transponder network; unmanned underwater vehicles; Costs; Geology; Global Positioning System; Laboratories; Oceans; Satellites; Sonar navigation; Transponders; Underwater vehicles; Water;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Technology, 1990. AUV '90., Proceedings of the (1990) Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/AUV.1990.110456
Filename :
110456
Link To Document :
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