• 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