Autonomous Underwater Vehicles: An Application of Intelligent Control Technology
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Healey, A.J.
Pascoal, A.M.
Pereira, F. Lobo
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1996
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This paper provides an overview of
some of the missions and vehicle control
functionality being considered for the rapidly
developing technology of Autonomous
Underwater Vehicles. Spawned from the
availability of small embedded processors and
the increasing capabilities of underwater
communications, these small untethered
vehicles are expected to play a role as a force
multiplier in expanding our ability to survey
ocean areas. Missions expected to become viable
in the near future include environmental
monitoring, underwater inspection, geological
survey as well as the current focus on military
missions in mine countermeasures and
remediation.
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The authors wish to recognize the financial support of the National Science Foundation under Grant No.BCS-9306252 (Healey), and the MAST I1 program of the EEC under contract MAST-CT92-0021, (Pascoal and Pereim).
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Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Seattle, Washington, June 1995
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.