SWORDFISH: an autonomous surface vehicle for network centric operations

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2007

Authors

Hugo Ferreira (Author) FEUP; Ricardo Martins (Author) FEUP; Eduardo Marques (Author) FEUP; José Queirós Pinto (Author) FEUP; Alfredo Manuel Martins (Author) FEUP; José Miguel Almeida (Author) FEUP; João B. Sousa (Author) FEUP; E. Pereira da Silva (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: OCEANS 2007 - EUROPE, VOLS 1-3

Pages: 1470-+

Oceans 2007 Europe International Conference

Aberdeen, SCOTLAND, JUN 18-21, 2007

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Other engineering and technologies

CORDIS: Technological sciences

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Authenticus ID: P-004-E3N

DOI: 10.1109/oceanse.2007.4302467

Abstract (EN): The design and development of the Swordfish Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) system is discussed. Swordfish is an ocean capable 4.5m long catamaran designed for network centric operations (with ocean and air going vehicles and human operators). In the basic configuration, Swordfish is both a survey vehicle and a communications node with gateways for broadband, Wi-Fi and GSM transports and underwater acoustic modems. In another configuration, Swordfish mounts a docking station for the autonomous underwater vehicle Isurus from Porto University. Swordfish has an advanced control architecture for multi-vehicle operations with mixed initiative interactions (human operators are allowed to interact with the control loops).

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 2