Authors:
V. Polidoro
;
S. Desset
;
C. Chryssostomidis
;
F. Hover
;
J. Morash
and
R. Damus
Affiliation:
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sea Grant Program, United States
Keyword(s):
AUV, deep ocean exploration, autonomous underwater vehicle, LBL, USBL, benthic, cold water corals.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
;
Robot Design, Development and Control
;
Robotics and Automation
Abstract:
The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Laboratory (AUV Lab) at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is currently building and testing a new, general purpose and inexpensive 6000 meter capable Hovering Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (HAUV), the ‘ODYSSEY IV class’. The vehicle is intended for rapid deployments, potentially with minimal navigation, thus supporting episodic dives for exploratory missions. For that, the vehicle is capable of fast dive times, short survey on bottom and simple navigation. This vehicle has both high speed cruising and zero speed hovering capabilities, enabling it to perform both broad area search missions and high resolution inspection missions with the same platform.