Field trials of the Nereus hybrid underwater robotic vehicle in the challenger deep of the Mariana Trench

MTS/IEEE Biloxi - Marine Technology for Our Future: Global and Local Challenges, OCEANS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bowen, Andrew D ^a   Yoerger, Dana R ^a   Taylor, Chris ^a   McCabe, Robert ^a   Howland, Jonathan ^a   Gomez Ibanez, Daniel ^a   Kinsey, James C ^a   Heintz, Matthew ^a   McDonald, Glenn ^a   Peters, Donald B ^a   Bailey, John ^a   Bors, Eleanor ^a   Shank, Tim ^a   Whitcomb, Louis L ^b   Martin, Stephen C ^b   Webster, Sarah E ^b   Jakuba, Michael V ^b   Fletcher, Barbara ^c   Young, Chris ^c   Buescher, James ^c   Fryer, Patricia ^d   Hulme, Samuel ^d   more..

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

^c Research Development Test and Evaluation Division Code 524   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALLENGER DEEP; DATA TELEMETRY; DIFFERENT MODES; FIELD TRIAL; HIGH BANDWIDTH; HIGH QUALITY; HYDRAULIC POWER; MARIANA TRENCH; OCEAN DEPTH; REAL TIME VIDEOS; SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS; SEA FLOOR; SEA TRIAL; TELE-OPERATIONS; UNDERWATER ROBOTIC VEHICLE; UNDERWATER VEHICLES; VEHICLE DESIGN;

MARINE ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE CONTROL; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; ROBOTICS; SUBMERSIBLE MOTORS; SUBMERSIBLES; SURVEYS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; UNDERWATER BALLISTICS; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT; UNDERWATER STRUCTURES; WATER CRAFT;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

EID: 77951545969     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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