Folaga: A very low cost autonomous underwater vehicle for coastal oceanography

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-36

  Alvarez, A ^a   Caffaz, A ^b   Caiti, A ^c   Casalino, G ^c   Clerici, E ^b   Giorgi, F ^b   Gualdesi, L ^d   Turetta, A ^c   Viviani, R ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b Aitek Srl   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomous vehicles; Man machine interfaces; Manoeuvrability; Marine systems

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; COSTS; SURFACE WATERS; VEHICLE TO VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS;

AQUATIC BIRDS; COASTAL OCEANOGRAPHY; MANOEUVRABILITY; MARINE SYSTEMS; MISSION PLANNING; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS; WATER SURFACE;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

EID: 79960743496     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20050703-6-cz-1902.01947     Document Type: Conference Paper

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