Marine Sensor/Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Integration Project

Abstract

The long-term goal is continued support of research that will integrate a number of advanced oceanographic sensors into autonomous underwater vehicles. Support of individual sensor projects at USF takes the form of: (1) enhancements to existing facilities; (2) sensor/vehicle integration; (3) calibration expenses to keep equipment at the necessary standards and ensure integrity of resultant data; (4) support of AUV operations; (5) experimentation and testing of methodologies and equipment and; (6) engineering/consultation. This project provides the necessary resources for the Center for Ocean Technology (COT) to support the technical requirements of USF Marine Science's AUV related sensor projects. The objective is to efficiently design, integrate, test and deploy developed sensors on AUVs. This work is accomplished through use of the Center's varied labs, equipment and human resources.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA539389

Entities

People

  • Thomas Hopkins

Organizations

  • University of South Florida

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Detectors
  • Fabrication
  • Field Tests
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Particles
  • Remote Sensing
  • Seabed
  • Standards
  • Syntactic Foams
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.