On the Adaptation of an AUV into a Dedicated Platform for Close Range Imaging Survey Missions

Yevgeni Gutnik; Aviad Avni; Tali Treibitz; Morel Groper

doi:10.3390/jmse10070974

On the Adaptation of an AUV into a Dedicated Platform for Close Range Imaging Survey Missions

Yevgeni Gutnik, Aviad Avni, Tali Treibitz, Morel Groper

Department of Marine Technologies

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Abstract

This study presents the redesign of an existing autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) with limited maneuverability, transforming it into a platform optimized for autonomous, near-seabed visual imaging missions. This work describes the enhancement of the AUV’s maneuverability through the addition of thrusters, the leveraging of a state-of-the-art thrust allocation algorithm, and the development of both a path-following controller and a dedicated imaging system. The performance of the optimized platform is demonstrated in a simulation and in actual real sea visual survey missions.

Original language	English
Article number	974
Journal	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Volume	10
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10070974
State	Published - Jul 2022

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Funding Information:
This research was funded by the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, the Maurice Hatter Foundation, the Murray Foundation, the Israel Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources Grant No. 218-17-008, and the Israel Ministry of Science, Technology and Space Grant No. 3-12487.

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Keywords

dynamics of underwater vehicles
hovering autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)
hydrodynamic coefficients
path following
thruster allocation
underwater imaging
visual survey

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Civil and Structural Engineering
Water Science and Technology
Ocean Engineering

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