Simulating an optical guidance system for the recovery of an unmanned underwater vehicle

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 568-574

  Deltheil, Caroline ^a   Didier, Leandri ^a   Hospital, Eric ^a   Brutzman, Donald P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT SOURCES; MOBILE ROBOTS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; RECOVERY; SUBMARINES; UNDERWATER CAMERAS; UNMANNED VEHICLES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

LIGHT ATTENUATION; OPTICAL GUIDANCE SYSTEM; UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034290355     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/48.895364     Document Type: Article

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