In-Water Ship Hull Inspection with Smart Underwater Robots

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Abstract:

Briefing discusses challanges and strategies to robotic underwater inspection of ship hulls and related off shore tasks using robotic tools.

Author(s):
Hover, Franz
Author Organization(s):
MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE CENTER FOR OCEAN ENGINEERING
Descriptive Note:
Briefing charts
Supplementary Note:
Presentation to Oxford Universtiy and ETH Zurich, March 2011. U.S. Government or Federal Rights License
Pagination:
0044

Security Markings

DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Contract/Grant Number(s):
N00014-06-1-0043
Monitor Series:
ONR
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_2_Battlespace Awareness; JCA_2.2.2_Imagery Collection; JCA_2.2_Collection; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_4_Logistics; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_5.5.2_Task; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_6.1.2_Wireless Transmission; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_8_Building Partnerships
Modernization Areas:
Autonomy; Space
Communities of Interest:
Ground and Sea Platforms
Descriptor(s):
*ROBOTICS, *UNDERWATER VEHICLES, IMAGE PROCESSING, INSPECTION, MAPPING, PLANNING, SHIP HULLS, SONAR
Field(s)/Group(s):
Cybernetics, Marine Engineering
Keyword(s):
BRIEFING CHARTS, SHIP HULL INSPECTION ALGORITHMS, AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS, HAUV1B(ROBOTIC SUBMERSIBLE), SHIP INSPECTION STRATEGIES, DOPPLER ODOMETRY, MARINE ROBOTS
Report Date:
2011 Mar 01
Creation Date:
2012 Jan 24