The GOATS02 Cruise
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Location:
Cinque Terre, Italy
Period:
May 25 - June 17, 2002
Partners:
NATO Undersea Research Centre
MIT Seagrant AUV Laboratory
Objectives:
GOATS'02 was the first scientific experiment with MOOS operating an AUV, the Bluefin Odyssey III Caribou, carrying an acoustic source and a 16-element nose array. The objective was to test new track-before-detect tracking algorithms for mine countermeasures, and to demonstrate the field performance of the original MOOS autonomy, developed by Paul Newman, who at the time was a post-doc at MIT, working with Prof's Schmidt and Leonard, funded by the ONR GOATS program . Newman himself was chief pilot, operating the AUV from the rear bridge of R/V Alliance.
Picture Gallery:
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AUV caribou on the crane during launch.
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Caribou underway
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... and diving
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Chief Pilot Newman and his bridge crew
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"That is extraordinarily interesting, explain me once again, John!"
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Chief Scientist and Pilot enjoying the view while MOOS is taking care of bussiness underwater
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Newman iRemote-ing carobou back under the crane for recovery.
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After all that work the least they could do was to offer me a bunk!!
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On the other hand, at least they feed us!
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Newman succesfully looking for a leak in the MOOS ..
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allowing him to join the rest of the crew inenjoying life at Henrik's house in Pieve san Lorenzo.