A Graphic User Interface (GUI) for Generating NPS Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Execution Script Files

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Abstract:

The Naval Postgraduate School is on the leading edge of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle AUV research and has developed its own AUV called Phoenix. A new AUV is being constructed in order to increase the vehicles mission capabilities. Despite its autonomy, the AUV needs to have the mission plan defined before starting. For that purpose, a text file containing a mission script is sent to the computer inside the robot. However, the file syntax is very precise and, thus, this approach to generating missions can be unsafe because it is easy to include typing errors in the text file. This project explains the creation of a Graphic User Interface GUI used to automatically generate the text file. Visual Prolog is used to realize such an interface, offering capabilities to simplify the writing of the Prolog code. The results of this work is a GUI that eliminates typing incorrect commands, provides a visualization of the commanded trajectory, and checks the syntax of the text. In this way, users can easily, quickly and safely build the mission plan.

Author(s):
Doleac, Joel
Author Organization(s):
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Descriptive Note:
Project rept.
Supplementary Note:
DOI: 10.21236/ADA369172
Pagination:
0153

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
NPS-ME-99-005
Monitor Series:
ONR
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.1.1_Maneuver to Engage; JCA_3.1_Maneuver; JCA_5.5.1_Communicate Intent and Guidance; JCA_2_Battlespace Awareness; JCA_2.1_Planning and Direction; JCA_2.1.3_Task and Monitor Resources; JCA_5.5.2_Task; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_8.2.2_Provide Aid to Foreign Partners and Institutions; JCA_8.1_Communicate; JCA_8.1.3_Influence Adversary and Competitor Audiences; JCA_8.2.1_Partner with Governments and Institutions; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_6.1_Information Transport
Modernization Areas:
Autonomy
Communities of Interest:
Autonomy
Descriptor(s):
*UNDERWATER VEHICLES, *AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION, *GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE, ROBOTS, GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM, NAVIGATION SATELLITES, UNDERWATER NAVIGATION, VIRTUAL REALITY
Field(s)/Group(s):
Cybernetics, Submarine Engineering, Underwater and Marine Navigation and Guidance
Keyword(s):
AUV(AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE)
Report Date:
1999 Aug 01
Creation Date:
1999 Oct 27