Fòlaga: A low-cost autonomous underwater vehicle combining glider and AUV capabilities

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-38

  Alvarez, A ^a   Caffaz, A ^b   Caiti, A ^c,d   Casalino, G ^c,e   Gualdesi, L ^f   Turetta, A ^c,e   Viviani, R ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b Graal Tech srl   (Italy)

^c ISME Interuniversity Ctr Integrated Systems for the Marine Environment   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive sampling; Autonomous underwater vehicles; Cooperation; Dynamic programming; Gliders; Oceanographic sampling; Planning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; GLIDERS; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES; MARINE APPLICATIONS; SUBMERSIBLE MOTORS; SUBMERSIBLES; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; UNDERWATER BALLISTICS; UNDERWATER CONSTRUCTION; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT; UNDERWATER STRUCTURES; VEHICLES; WATER CRAFT; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE SAMPLING; AQUATIC BIRDS; CONTROL PHASE; COOPERATION; DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS; DISTRIBUTED COOPERATIONS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING ALGORITHMS; INTER-VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS; NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS; OCEANOGRAPHIC SAMPLING; RANGE CONSTRAINTS; ROBUST CONTROLLERS; WATER SURFACES;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

ALGORITHM; AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; OCEANOGRAPHY; SHIP DESIGN;

AVES;

EID: 58149528054     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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