Geophysical navigation of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs)
Abstract
This proposal requests funding for research to make revolutionary contributions to the area of autonomousunderwater navigation by investigating: (1) geophysical navigation, (2) collaborative navigation between unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), and (3) advanced algorithms for information exploitation. These capabilities will be investigated and developed to enable UUVs using autonomous navigation to routinely explore large areas of the oceans collecting data withuser-specified payload sensors. Game changing objectives are to enable UUVs using less powerfor navigation, with smaller form-factors, and able to precisely localize themselves without the need to deploy additional equipment or a priori maps of the environment.This proposal is submitted in response to BAA N0001416RBA01, ProgramOfficer: Ms. ChristianeDuarte. This proposal is part of a collaboration between SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) and the University of California, Riverside. This proposal seeks funding for one graduate student for three years and for the PIs to attend annual project reviews at ONR, visit SSC Pacific, and attend technical conferences to present research findings.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Sep 23, 2016
- Source ID
- N000141612768
Entities
People
- Zaher M. Kassas
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of California Regents