Development of a Vertical Self-balancing Experimental Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are operator and tethered umbilical free. Ground motion as a result of seismic activity could result in underwater slope instability and land slide. Other geo-hazard issue such as shallow gas hydrates poses threats to human diver. Therefore, after the process o...

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Main Authors: B. Shehabuddeen , Kamarudin, Mohd Hashim , Fakhruldin
Format: Article
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://www.ijens.org/106102-3838%20IJET-IJENS.pdf
http://eprints.utp.edu.my/7381/
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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Summary:Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are operator and tethered umbilical free. Ground motion as a result of seismic activity could result in underwater slope instability and land slide. Other geo-hazard issue such as shallow gas hydrates poses threats to human diver. Therefore, after the process of several design concepts generation and evaluation, the concept of revolutionary human-like Vertical Self-balancing AUV was conceived and adopted for this research work. This paper presents the development of a Vertical Self-balancing Experimental AUV and its initial experimental results