Title :
Surveillance unmanned underwater vehicle
Author :
Iwanowski, Mark D.
Author_Institution :
Appl. Remote Technol. Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
A self-powered unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) outfitted with forward looking, side scan sonar and laser imaging systems will provide a highly effective clandestine mine survey. A similarly outfitted system provided a new cost effective commercial site survey and pipeline inspection capability
Keywords :
marine systems; measurement by laser beam; military systems; mobile robots; object detection; optical radar; remote sensing; remote sensing by laser beam; robot dynamics; sonar; surveillance; weapons; clandestine mine survey; commercial site survey; forward looking side scan sonar; laser imaging systems; pipeline inspection capability; self-powered unmanned underwater vehicle; surveillance unmanned underwater vehicle; Batteries; Communication system control; Costs; Fuel cells; Performance analysis; Radio frequency; Silver; Surveillance; Underwater vehicles; Zinc;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS '94. 'Oceans Engineering for Today's Technology and Tomorrow's Preservation.' Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Brest
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2056-5
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1994.363965
