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Talk-30: Technologies for Underwater Autonomy - Lessons from the Seabed Family of AUVs

Hanumant Singh, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI)

This talk focuses on the the methodologies that are currently being pursued within the Seabed family of AUVs to transition AUV technology from preprogrammed to adaptive and eventually completely autonomous operations. We have worked in the last decade, over a variety of applications including fisheries, coral reef ecology, marine archaeology, and polar under-ice studies. With examples from these application areas, we look at the complementary nature of sensors, platforms and algorithms. We then point out how high resolution optical and acoustic sensors, acoustic communications, and mission planning and execution need to be considered in a holistic framework in order to make missions conducive to human-in-the-loop interactions, more adaptive, and to eventually produce high levels of autonomy.

Categories:

  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • The Seabed AUVs
  • Acoustic Communications
  • Image Compression
  • Mission Planning / Configuration