The REP-AUV10 Experiment Shallow water surveys with a fleet of heterogeneous autonomous vehicles

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2011

Autores

Ricardo Martins (Autor) FEUP; João Borges de Sousa (Autor) FEUP; Carlos Carvalho Afonso (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Sea Technology

ISSN: 0093-3651

Editora: COMPASS PUBLICATIONS, INC

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias > Engenharia electrotécnica, electrónica e informática

CORDIS: Ciências Tecnológicas > Engenharia > Engenharia de controlo > Robótica

Outras Informações

Resumo (PT): The Recognized Environmental Picture 2010 experiment was devised by the NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC) and was to take place in the Alboran Sea with participants from 10 nations representing 27 organizations. The goals of this sea trial included centralized operation of a large and heterogeneous fleet of gliders and AUVs, and the utilization of autonomous vehicles and respective command and control software for battle-space characterization, with a focus on mine warfare-related research. Due to unforeseen logistics problems, the event had to be replanned, and the AUV experiments ceased to be a priority. The parties involved in the AUV-related experiments then chose to organize a new event to take place in the coastal waters of Setúbal, Portugal, in July 2010 that focused mainly on AUV operations. This event, REP-AUV10, was made possible due to a memorandum of understanding established in 2007 between Porto University and the Portuguese Navy. This agreement built on the successful deployment of AUVs from Porto University during the Swordfish 2006 exercise of the Portuguese Navy and targets the development of unmanned vehicle systems, with special emphasis on AUVs. This was the case of the SeaCon project, which was funded by the Portuguese Ministry of Defense under this memorandum of understanding. The main objective of this project consisted of the development of an open and low-cost AUV system for training and improvement of concepts of operation for shallow waters. The system will also be used by the Portuguese Navy to test and evaluate underwater technologies in a cost-effective manner and to develop specialized underwater warfare know-how, namely in mined environment warfare.

Idioma: Português

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica