Experiments in laser-assisted visual sensing for AUV navigation

Autor: R.L. Allwood, S. Tetlow, Fraser Dalgleish
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Control Engineering Practice. 12:1561-1573
ISSN: 0967-0661
Popis: The Cranfield University torpedo-shaped underwater vehicle has been modified to accommodate a laser stripe illumination system. As well as providing enhanced viewing capabilities, this system derives real-time navigational data during the mission and gathers images to produce a post mission enhanced optical waterfall image of a surveyed area. This paper describes a preliminary set of constrained motion trials at the IFREMER wave basin in Brest, where the system was towed through the 50 m test tank at different altitudes and orientations whilst the true trajectory was measured. A comparison is made between ground truth trajectory generated from these external measurements and that derived from the video camera and rotation sensors internal to the vehicle.
Databáze: OpenAIRE