Technology and Applications of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Technology and Applications of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

Author: Gwyn Griffiths

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2002-11-28

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0203522303

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The oceans are a hostile environment, and gathering information on deep-sea life and the seabed is incredibly difficult. Autonomous underwater vehicles are robot submarines that are revolutionizing the way in which researchers and industry obtain data. Advances in technology have resulted in capable vehicles that have made new discoveries on how th

Undersea Vehicles and National Needs
Undersea Vehicles and National Needs

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1996-12-19

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0309053846

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The United States faces decisions requiring information about the oceans in vastly expanded scales of time and space and from oceanic sectors not accessible with the suite of tools now used by scientists and engineers. Advances in guidance and control, communications, sensors, and other technologies for undersea vehicles can provide an opportunity to understand the oceans' influence on the energy and chemical balance that sustains humankind and to manage and deliver resources from and beneath the sea. This book assesses the state of undersea vehicle technology and opportunities for vehicle applications in science and industry. It provides guidance about vehicle subsystem development priorities and describes how national research can be focused most effectively.