Preliminary Design and Cycle Verification of a Digital Autopilot for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles.

Abstract

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV's) are being considered for a diversity of U.S. Navy missions. They protend the advantages of cost effective fleet multiplication, minimal detectability, and reduced risk to personnel and high-value fleet assets. In response to the Department of the Navy and DARPA interests, AUV research and development by a number of public and private sector organizations has intensified in recent years. The Naval Postgraduate School has now built the first of a series of AUV models which will be used as test-beds for evolving automated control technologies. This thesis documents the results of initial efforts to install an on-site facility to support the design and development of a model-based digital autopilot for control of the NPS test vehicle. Keywords: Digital autopilot, Autonomous underwater, Theses, Vehicles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA194734

Entities

People

  • Stephen W. Delaplane

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Automatic Pilots
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Operating Systems
  • Personal Computers
  • Signal Processing
  • Systems Engineering
  • Transfer Functions
  • Underwater Vehicles

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