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    Autonomous Underwater Vehicle: What Is AUV?

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    An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is a mobile robot that is pre-programmed and controlled from above water to navigate autonomously through oceans collecting data using sensors. AUVs differ from remotely operated underwater vehicles in that AUVs do not require power or guidance from an operator. AUVs use acoustic positioning systems and propellers to navigate and collect samples to study seabeds for commercial, military, and scientific purposes.

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    An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is a mobile robot that is pre-programmed and controlled from above water to navigate autonomously through oceans collecting data using sensors. AUVs differ from remotely operated underwater vehicles in that AUVs do not require power or guidance from an operator. AUVs use acoustic positioning systems and propellers to navigate and collect samples to study seabeds for commercial, military, and scientific purposes.

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    An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is a mobile robot that is pre-programmed and controlled from above water to navigate autonomously through oceans collecting data using sensors. AUVs differ from remotely operated underwater vehicles in that AUVs do not require power or guidance from an operator. AUVs use acoustic positioning systems and propellers to navigate and collect samples to study seabeds for commercial, military, and scientific purposes.

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    Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

    What is AUV?

    An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is basically a mobile robot that

    is controlled and pre-programmed by a computer above the water, the robot can

    move in three dimensions through certain pre-programmed routes by a

    propulsion system. AUVs collect samples of ocean data as it goes through the

    ocean, navigating and collecting autonomously with their sensors, and are able

    to collect time series and spatial measurements. The difference of AUV and the

    other unmanned remotely underwater vehicle (ROV) is that ROV is controlled

    and powered through an umbilical or using remote control while AUV does not

    connected physically with their operators. AUVs don’t require guidance and

    power input from operator.

    AUVs were initially shaped like torpedoes, but as the technology has

    developed, and adapt to their new requirements, AUVs designs in the market are

    more varies and more complex although most AUVs still use the torpedo shape

    since it’s still considered as the best compromise in many major aspects. Today’s

    AUVs are able to glide from sea surface to the seabed, able to float and hover

    around the ocean; all unsupervised for a period of time, self-operating and only

    relying data from satellite.

    How does it work?

    AUVs navigate themselves by using underwater acoustic positioning

    system. AUVs most common propulsion technique is propeller-based which is

    commonly electrical-powered and rely on lip seal to prevent corrosion.


    Electrical-powered AUVs are using rechargeable batteries while larger vehicles

    are using aluminum based semi fuel cells that are more expensive and produce

    hazardous wastes.

    The AUVs market scopes are effectively split into three; military, scientific

    and commercial offshore. For commercial needs, oil and gas industries use AUVs

    to measure, conduct survey and collect data of seabed before they build the

    exploration and production subsea infrastructures such as pipeline effectively

    and less costly compared to the conventional bathymetric surveys. For military

    needs, AUVs are used to find any mines or determine certain areas such as

    harbor if it had an unidentified object. For scientific needs, scientists use AUVs to

    research ocean bed, lake bed for contour or even the research of organisms.

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