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Talk-28: Kingfisher: A MOOS-Enabled Unmanned Surface Vessel for Marine Sensing
Ryan Gariepy, Clearpath Robotics, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, and
Mike Benjamin, MIT Laboratory for Autonomous Marine Sensing Systems
Clearpath Robotics has developed Kingfisher, a small unmanned surface vessel for the research and development of civilian and military marine sensing systems www.clearpathrobotics.com/kingfisher. It has been designed to be low-cost and easy to use; ideal for both researchers and fieldworkers. MIT has developed a MOOS-IvP interface using Clearpath's open-source hardware drivers, and has successfully deployed two vessels for use in a new MIT Spring 2012 course focused on unmanned marine vehicle autonomy, sensing and communication.
This presentation provides an introduction to the hardware and software of the Kingfisher, as well as a variety of potential uses for the platform as a whole. A set of MOOS modules for the Kingfisher, built on the Clearpath API, have been developed and are available for public download. Its expected role in the upcoming MIT course and its role in another recent Spring 2011 course will also be discussed. Finally, media will be presented to demonstrate its capabilities.
DOWNLOAD the brief given at MOOS-DAWG'11.
Categories:
- Unmanned Surface Vehicles
- The Kingfisher Vehicle
- MOOS-IvP