Design of an unmanned catamaran with pollutant tracking and surveying capabilities

IET Seminar Digest

Volumn 2006, Issue 11576, 2006, Pages 99-113

  Naeem, W ^a   Xu, T ^a   Sutton, R ^a   Chudley, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guidance and control; Linear quadratic Gaussian; Multi sensor data fusion; Navigation; Pollutant tracking; Unmanned surface vehicle

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; MACHINE DESIGN; NAVIGATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SENSOR DATA FUSION; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; WATER CRAFT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEYS; LINEAR QUADRATIC GAUSSIAN; NAVIGATIONAL SENSORS; POLLUTANT TRACKING; UNMANNED CATAMARAN; UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLES;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 34250622492     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ic:20060267     Document Type: Conference Paper

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