Navigation and control of the Nereus hybrid underwater vehicle for global ocean science to 10,903 m depth: Preliminary results

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 594-600

  Whitcomb, Louis L ^a,b   Jakuba, Michael V ^a,b   Kinsey, James C ^a,b   Martin, Stephen C ^a   Webster, Sarah E ^a   Howland, Jonathan C ^b   Taylor, Chris L ^b   Gomez Ibanez, Daniel ^b   Yoerger, Dana R ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALLENGER DEEP; DIFFERENT MODES; ELECTRO-HYDRAULICS; GLOBAL OCEAN; HIGH BANDWIDTH; MARIANA TRENCH; NAVIGATION AND CONTROL; REAL TIME VIDEOS; SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS; SEA FLOOR; SEA TRIAL; UNDERWATER ROBOTIC VEHICLE; UNDERWATER VEHICLES; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; NAVIGATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; ROBOTICS; SUBMERSIBLES; SURVEYS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT; WATER CRAFT;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

EID: 77955803923     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509265     Document Type: Conference Paper

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