Autonomous Computer Controlled Ice Drill,

Abstract

An unmanned autonomous system, designed ultimately for air deployment, has been developed for drilling holes in the Arctic ice. The system is intended to facilitate the collection of oceanographic data in inaccessible regions of the Arctic as part of the Air Depolyed Oceanographic Mooring (ADOM) program. This paper describes the design of the drill, the microcomputer control system, and the results of initial field testing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA137313

Entities

People

  • A. S. Westneat
  • C. N. Beverly

Organizations

  • University of New Hampshire

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomous Systems
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Diameters
  • Drilling
  • Drills
  • Efficiency
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Marine Systems (Military)
  • New Hampshire
  • Personal Computers
  • Pumps
  • Security
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Oceanography.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy