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Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. . Outline. Ocean Discovery History of AUV Use of the AUV Future Applications. Ocean Discovery. In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue… Cartographers and explorers were the first to map the vast oceans of the earth

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Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

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  1. Autonomous Underwater Vehicles .

  2. Outline • Ocean Discovery • History of AUV • Use of the AUV • Future Applications

  3. Ocean Discovery • In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue… • Cartographers and explorers were the first to map the vast oceans of the earth • The Navy was soon interested in understanding the ocean in deeper terms • The ocean takes up the largest surface area of the earth, thus making it difficult to explore

  4. History of the AUV • First “AUV” may have packed a bigger punch than our modern day vehicles • Robert Whitehead created the first AUV while in search for the torpedo in 1866 • In the late 50’s the first true AUV was created • Stan Murphy, Bob Francois and Terry Ewart developed SPURV (self propelled underwater research vehicle) • Throughout the 60’s and 70’s the AUV’s advanced greatly through technology • There is a shift towards understanding the predictability of ocean activity

  5. History (cont.) • REMUS: There are currently over 50 vehicles in operation with over 20 different configurations • Odyssey-Class of AUV is the new generation in ocean exploration • AUV is made to: • Dock • Recharge • Download Data • Send Messages

  6. Use of the AUV • Search and Recovery of Government Property • Prediction of Waves and Currents • Readings for depth, salinity, pressure and temperature • Pictures of visual light, bioluminescence • Discovery of never seen before species and footage

  7. Future Applications • The future of the AUV is open to a wide variety of possible models, applications, configurations and uses. • NeMo’s application- NeMo can be contacted via satellite and sent to active underwater volcanic activity in a timely manner

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