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onomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
AUV-150 can be deployed through mechanical design, there-
for seabed mapping, coastal by balancing the roll motion of
surveillance, mine counter measure the system and reducing control
and oceanographic measurements complexity.
during adverse weather conditions. ¡¡ Design for slight positive buoy-
It can perform various jobs related ancy for better diving control and
to underwater inspection with safety i.e., prevention of AUV get-
camera, surveying etc. ting lost on the sea due to any
malfunctioning.
Salient Features ¡¡ Controllability of a system with
large dimensions (Length 4.9 m.,
¡¡ Modular streamline structure helps Diameter: 0.5 m.)
to integrate additional payloads ¡¡ Dual communication includ-
with very less efforts with reason- ing both RF and Acoustic
ably lesser drag without changing communication.
the original configuration. ¡¡ Emergency handling with power
management and leak detection
¡¡ It is stable against roll motion subsystems.
making it suitable for the sea-bed ¡¡ Single ground reference point
mapping application in addition to (SGRP) for electrical Isolation and
relevant scientific data collection. Grounding of the complex AUV
system.
¡¡ Degrees of Freedom (DOF) have
been reduced from six to five
SS 30
AUV-150 can be deployed through mechanical design, there-
for seabed mapping, coastal by balancing the roll motion of
surveillance, mine counter measure the system and reducing control
and oceanographic measurements complexity.
during adverse weather conditions. ¡¡ Design for slight positive buoy-
It can perform various jobs related ancy for better diving control and
to underwater inspection with safety i.e., prevention of AUV get-
camera, surveying etc. ting lost on the sea due to any
malfunctioning.
Salient Features ¡¡ Controllability of a system with
large dimensions (Length 4.9 m.,
¡¡ Modular streamline structure helps Diameter: 0.5 m.)
to integrate additional payloads ¡¡ Dual communication includ-
with very less efforts with reason- ing both RF and Acoustic
ably lesser drag without changing communication.
the original configuration. ¡¡ Emergency handling with power
management and leak detection
¡¡ It is stable against roll motion subsystems.
making it suitable for the sea-bed ¡¡ Single ground reference point
mapping application in addition to (SGRP) for electrical Isolation and
relevant scientific data collection. Grounding of the complex AUV
system.
¡¡ Degrees of Freedom (DOF) have
been reduced from six to five
SS 30
