A lightweight docking station for a hovering AUV

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2017

Authors

Nuno Cruz (Author) FEUP; Aníbal Castilho Coimbra de Matos (Author) FEUP; Almeida, RM (Author) Other; Bruno Ferreira (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: 2017 IEEE OES International Symposium on Underwater Technology, UT 2017

2017 IEEE OES International Symposium on Underwater Technology, UT 2017

21 February 2017 through 24 February 2017

Indexing

Scopus - 16 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00M-QWB

DOI: 10.1109/ut.2017.7890314

Abstract (EN): The concept of underwater docking stations has long been proposed to support the long term deployment of AUVs, but the number of successful solutions is still very disappointing. Hovering type AUVs can navigate arbitrarily slow, simplifying the docking maneuver and the requirements for the receiving structure. This paper describes a docking system that was developed to extend the mission duration of the MARES AUV, a man portable hovering type AUV. Given the wide range of operational scenarios and configurations of this AUV, one of the design requirements was to have a simple modular structure, that could easily be reconfigured to support different vehicle configurations, deployment scenarios and docking maneuvers. The paper provides details of the mechanical aspects, the onboard electronic subsystems, and the general operational procedure, as well as preliminary data from the first trials. © 2017 IEEE.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific