Deep-Sea Underwater Cooperative Operation of Manned/Unmanned Submersible and Surface Vehicles for Different Application Scenarios

In this paper, we propose three cooperative operational modes of manned and unmanned submersibles for a range different deep-sea application scenarios. For large-scale exploration, lander or an surface vehicle (USV) is paired with one more autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), while the liberated research vessel R/V can transport submersible to another area diving operations. When AUVs perform small-scale accurate measurements, supports both types operations has positioning communication time allocation mechanism Through analysis operating efficiency modes, found that mode based on pure suitable local detection, USV/lander system long-distance