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Evaluation of terrain collision risks for flight style autonomous underwater vehicles

Evaluation of terrain collision risks for flight style autonomous underwater vehicles
Evaluation of terrain collision risks for flight style autonomous underwater vehicles
Photographic surveys of the seafloor with flight style autonomous underwater vehicles are a very effective tool for discovery and exploration. Due to the high terrain collision risk for the survey vehicle, they are employed with caution. The extent of this risk remains unquantified. For mission planning, researchers and vehicle operators have to rely on their experience.

This paper introduces measures for vehicle risk and success and analyses how previously mapped terrains and artificially generated terrain maps can be used to categorize terrains. The developed measures are applied to a simulation of the Autosub6000 flight style AUV terrain following system. Based on quantitative parameters, changes to the obstacle avoidance system and survey mission plans can be better informed.
auv, terrain following, risk, photographic survey, Autosub6000
311-318
IEEE
Schillai, Sophia
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Phillips, Alex
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Turnock, Stephen
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Rogers, Eric
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Harris, Catherine
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Turnock, Stephen
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Rogers, Eric
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Harris, Catherine
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Schillai, Sophia, Phillips, Alex, Turnock, Stephen, Rogers, Eric and Harris, Catherine (2016) Evaluation of terrain collision risks for flight style autonomous underwater vehicles. In 2016 IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV). IEEE. pp. 311-318 . (doi:10.1109/AUV.2016.7778689).

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Abstract

Photographic surveys of the seafloor with flight style autonomous underwater vehicles are a very effective tool for discovery and exploration. Due to the high terrain collision risk for the survey vehicle, they are employed with caution. The extent of this risk remains unquantified. For mission planning, researchers and vehicle operators have to rely on their experience.

This paper introduces measures for vehicle risk and success and analyses how previously mapped terrains and artificially generated terrain maps can be used to categorize terrains. The developed measures are applied to a simulation of the Autosub6000 flight style AUV terrain following system. Based on quantitative parameters, changes to the obstacle avoidance system and survey mission plans can be better informed.

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Accepted/In Press date: 16 July 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 12 December 2016
Venue - Dates: Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 2016, Tokyo, Japan, 2016-11-06 - 2016-11-09
Keywords: auv, terrain following, risk, photographic survey, Autosub6000
Organisations: Ocean Technology and Engineering, Fluid Structure Interactions Group

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Local EPrints ID: 400679
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/400679
PURE UUID: 1d612031-da2a-4b36-bc15-552923426bc5
ORCID for Alex Phillips: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3234-8506
ORCID for Stephen Turnock: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6288-0400
ORCID for Eric Rogers: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0179-9398

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Date deposited: 26 Sep 2016 08:07
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 05:54

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Author: Sophia Schillai
Author: Alex Phillips ORCID iD
Author: Stephen Turnock ORCID iD
Author: Eric Rogers ORCID iD
Author: Catherine Harris

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