DocumentCode
3056707
Title
The Girona 500, a multipurpose autonomous underwater vehicle
Author
Ribas, David ; Ridao, Pere ; Magí, Lluís ; Palomeras, Narcís ; Carreras, Marc
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Eng., Univ. de Girona, Girona, Spain
fYear
2011
fDate
6-9 June 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
5
Abstract
This paper outlines the specifications and basic design approach taken on the development of the Girona 500, an autonomous underwater vehicle whose most remarkable characteristic is its capacity to reconfigure for different tasks. The capabilities of this new vehicle range from different forms of seafloor survey to inspection and intervention tasks.
Keywords
seafloor phenomena; underwater vehicles; Girona 500; capacity; inspection; multipurpose autonomous underwater vehicle; seafloor survey; vehicle range; Batteries; Computers; Oceans; Payloads; Propulsion; Sonar; Vehicles;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
OCEANS, 2011 IEEE - Spain
Conference_Location
Santander
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0086-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/Oceans-Spain.2011.6003395
Filename
6003395
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