Angler
Abstract
The undersea domain has significant importance to national security and military operations. Yet it is a challenging domain in which to operate due to extreme water pressures, restricted communications, ever changing bottom environments, and marine fouling and corrosion. The Angler program improved U.S. operations in this domain by enabling underwater robotic systems significantly ahead of the state-of-the-art. These robotic systems would be able to search and manipulate objects autonomously, even in dark, turbulent, and semi-opaque sea conditions without the need for human control and without reliance on the Global Positioning System (GPS). Key Angler technical challenges included sensing techniques that provide high-resolution navigation without GPS, perception and manipulation strategies for objects with unknown parameters, long-duration autonomy approaches to support mission execution, and autonomy approaches that do not rely on human intervention.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- 676973b07c04b813518f1a12df6889b1