Development of a Semi-Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Intervention Missions

Abstract

The primary research objective of the SAUVIM project is to develop an autonomous underwater vehicle capable of intervention missions. Unlike fly-by or survey type AUVs, SAUVIM possesses a manipulator work package. and an advanced control and sensory systems for navigation, stationkeeping and manipulation. The vehicle also possesses state-of-the-art technology for composite pressure vessel development and genetic algorithm based adaptive and intelligent path-planning methodology. The vehicle will be flexible to a diverse field of applications due to the modularity of the hardware architecture. An independent mission sensor package can be modified to specific scientific. data-gathering or intervention tasks. The pioneering research and development in the intervention based underwater vehicle technology will address new potentials in the hazardous. unstructured underwater environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 1999
Accession Number
ADA371276

Entities

People

  • C. Ikehara
  • G. Mcmurtry
  • J. Yuh
  • M. Ghasemi-nejhad
  • S. Choi

Organizations

  • University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Composite Materials
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Engineers
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Navigation
  • Three Dimensional
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Virtual Reality
  • Web Browsers

Readers

  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Biotechnology