Hydrography with Affordable AUV Systems

Abstract

The long-term goal is to demonstrate the capability of current generation AUVs (autonomous underwater vehicles) to perform as useful hydrographic tools capable of acquiring data and generate descriptions of the local scene and identify areas of interest and uncertainty.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA628674

Entities

People

  • Christopher Von Alt
  • Thomas Austin

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Computers
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Field Tests
  • Fuel Oils
  • Geography
  • High Resolution
  • Hydrography
  • Information Operations
  • Models
  • Navigation
  • Sampling
  • Transducers
  • Underwater Acoustics
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Computer Vision.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.