An Unmanned Surface Vehicle for the Launch and Recovery of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles: A Novel Design
Yueying Wang, Weixiang Zhou, Minrui Fei, Huaicheng Yan
Abstract
As underwater operation equipment, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have received widespread attention in the trend of unmanned and intelligent operations. They play an increasingly important role in offshore oil exploration, underwater rescue, military reconnaissance, seabed salvage, and marine scientific research. The research and application of AUVs is a systematic engineering project that includes task planning, scheme design, prototype development, and launch and recovery (L&R), among which L&R is the key technology to achieve the safe and continuous operation of AUVs.
Topics & Concepts
UnderwaterMarine engineeringIntervention AUVSystems engineeringEngineeringRemotely operated underwater vehicleSubmarine pipelineTask (project management)Key (lock)Scheme (mathematics)AeronauticsComputer scienceMobile robotRobotArtificial intelligenceComputer securityGeologyOceanographyMathematical analysisGeotechnical engineeringMathematicsUnderwater Vehicles and Communication SystemsMaritime Navigation and SafetyRobotic Path Planning Algorithms