Applications of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles in Offshore Petroleum Industry Environmental Effects Monitoring

Investigation on Nose and Tail Shape Effects on Hydrodynamic Parameters in Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

Development of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) which meets the design constraints and provides the best hydrodynamic performance is really an important challenge in the field of hydrodynamics. In this paper a new profile is used for designing the hull of AUVs. The nose and tail profiles of an AUV using presented profile is designed such that it can properly consider the length constraints...

Navigating Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are powerful tools for exploring, investigating and managing our ocean resources. As the capabilities of these platforms continue to expand and they continue to mature as operational assets, navigation remains a fundamental technological component. This chapter presents a road map for the vehicle designer to aid in integrating the latest navigation methods ...

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

Navigation is one of the most critical factors in determining the operational suitability of any unmanned vehicle for its designated environment. In fully autonomous vehicles, due to the lack of a human operator to perform the navigation task, there is a fundamental requirement to incorporate estimation techniques that can provide the desired information necessary for navigation. Such informati...

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Remote Communication for Monitoring and Control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

This paper describes research on remote monitoring and control of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). This work is part of a larger e ort to create autonomous ocean sampling networks (AOSN), an exciting new concept for collecting synoptic oceanographic data. AOSN is based on the operation of small, low cost autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) within an array of moorings that provide commun...