recently, data collection from seabed by means of underwater wireless sensor networks (uwsn) has attracted considerable attention. autonomous underwater vehicles (auvs) are increasingly used as uwsns in underwater missions. events and environmental parameters in underwater regions have a stochastic nature. the target area must be covered by sensors to observe and report events. a ‘topology cont...

A manoeuvring model and a design technique for path following applications of underactuated underwater vehicles are summarized. The model applies to slender body autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) of cylindrical shape employing similar types of steering and diving control surfaces, and is meant for low speed manoeuvring applications. The underactuated design procedure used to successfully sol...

a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bilas Chowdhury (107EE065) under the guidance of Rourkela CERTIFICATE This is to certify that the thesis entitled, " Control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles " submitted by Mahendra Pratap Singh and Bilas Chowdhury in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Bachelor of Technology Degree in Electric...

The research of Underwater Acoustic Networks (UANs) is attracting attention due to their important underwater applications for military and commercial purposes. Underwater wireless communication networks (UWCNs) consist of sensors and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that interact, coordinate and share information with each other to carry out sensing and monitoring functions. In last sever...

This work provides a review of compression techniques that can be applied in Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Intervention, such as the one designed for projects RAUVI, FP7 TRIDENT and TRITON. The review focuses on Progressive Image Compression and Transmission, presenting a comparative analysis of further work that can be applied in this context. Palabras clave: Autonomous Manipulation, Unde...

Smaller autonomous underwater vehicles that use differential thrust for surge and yaw motion control has the advantage of low cost and, at the same time, increased ma­ neuverability in yaw direction. However, since such vehicles are underactuated vehicles, design of an autonomous control system that enables the vehicle to autonomously track a predefined trajectory is challenging. In this paper,...