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Development Of A Cost Effective Mini Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Chiu-Feng Lin, Chyuan-Yow Tseng
Development Of A Cost Effective Mini Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Chiu-Feng Lin, Chyuan-Yow Tseng
Journal of Marine Science and Technology
This paper describes the development of a cost effective mini autonomous underwater vehicle. The mini size of the vehicle is achieved by extracting the control module hardware out from the vehicle vessel and by reducing the on-board sensors. The control of the vehicle is conducted by a base station wirelessly telecommunicating with the vehicle. Furthermore, the reduction of the sensors also reduces the cost of the vehicle. For the purpose, in the vehicle, a single sensor featuring a CCD camera is mounted at the front of the vehicle. The images taken by this CCD camera are used both for obstacle …